Harrington, Janice N.

Janice N. Harrington grew up in Vernon, Alabama. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. A lover of stories both written and oral, she came to her interest in writing through childhood favorites such as "Jane Eyre", "Charlotte"" s Web", and the Greek myths she came upon in an antiquated set of the "Book of Knowledge "encyclopedia.

Ms. Harrington received the Ezra Jack Keat s New Writer Award for her first picture book, "Going North". The book, which "Kirkus Reviews" called gorgeous, and "School Library Journal" described as a solid choice for readers, was named a...