Wolff, Virginia Euwer

Virginia Euwer Wolff is an accomplished violinist and former elementary school and high school English teacher. Her first book for young readers, "Probably Still Nick Swansen", was published in 1988 and won both the International Reading Association Award and the PEN-West Book Award. Since then she has written several more critically acclaimed young adult novels, earning more honors, including the National Book Award for "True Believer", as well as the Golden Kite Award for Fiction and the Jane Addams Book Award for Children s Books that Build Peace. Her books include "Make Lemonade", "The Moz...