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2013 Judge: Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Catherine Gilbert Murdock is rather surprised to find herself in a Battle of the Books, as her weapon of choice is usually a short-handled shovel. When not shoveling, she’s found time to author the award-winning Dairy Queen trilogy, about a football-playing farm girl in rural Wisconsin, and the fantasy duo Princess Ben and Wisdom’s Kiss. Her new novel Heaven is Paved with Oreos (fall 2013) is also set in rural Wisconsin, and features an enthusiastic eighth-grader who learns how much she has yet to learn, about everything. Catherine also sometimes writes adult non-fiction. She lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband, two children, three cats, and six shovels.
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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