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She is a professor at Hamline University in the Creative Writing Programs where she serves as Fiction Editor for Water~Stone Review.ĪBOUT THE BOOK: Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, one young girl is determined to save her brother from the draft-and gets help from an unlikely source-in this middle-grade tale, perfect for fans of The Wednesday Wars When eleven-year-old Reenie Kelly's mother passes away, she and her brothers are shipped off to live with their grandmother. 2009), Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowships (2004, 2015, 2019), and a McKnight Artist Fellowship in poetry. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Sheila O'Connor has been awarded Bush Fellowships (2003. Her books have been included in Best Books of the Year by Booklist, VOYA, Book Page, Bank Street, Chicago Public Library, and Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers. Awards for her books include the Michigan Prize for Literary Fiction, Minnesota Book Award, International Reading Award, and Midwest Booksellers Award among others. Marsworth, Sparrow Road, and Keeping Safe the Stars. Her novels for readers (10+) include Until Tomorrow, Mr. She'll answer audience questions, discuss writing and reading, and sign books.ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR: Sheila O’Connor is the author of three novels for adults, Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions (October 2019), Where No Gods Came, and Tokens of Grace. Join our Writer's Salon to hear Sheila O'Connor read from her new middle grade novel, Until Tomorrow Mr.
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