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Writer-in-Residence 2007-2008  The Children's Writer-in-Residence Fellowship winner for the year 2007-2008 is Sheryl DePaolo of Newton, Massachusetts. After graduating from The Hartford Art School with a BFA in Ceramics, Sheryl moved to Los Angeles where she worked for nearly a decade in film and television as a costumer. She returned to the East Coast and earned an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons College. In her own words, Sheryl is “very grateful for the opportunity that the BPL has given me.” Sheryl’s proposed work is entitled “Child Star,” which will be a young adult novel about Sofia, a 14-year-old, who returns to her small Connecticut town after a brief career in a TV sitcom. Sofia must now readjust to small town life, her friends and her school after a brush with the fast-paced lifestyle of Hollywood. Through “Child Star,” Sheryl is excited about sharing some of her Hollywood experiences with a young adult audience. She presently resides in Newton, Massachusetts and is working at The Children's Bookshop in Brookline Village. Writer-in-Residence 2006-2007  Anna Staniszewski, of Brighton, Massachusetts was the third recipient of the Associates of the Boston Public Library’s Writer-in-Residence fellowship. Born in Poland and raised in the United States, Ms. Staniszewski grew up enjoying stories in both languages. After receiving a B.F.A. in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, she was a Polish tutor in a first grade classroom and worked at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. She recently earned an M.A. in Children’s Literature as well as an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Simmons College in Boston, MA. Her proposal was for a novel currently entitled THE LAST STORY, about a girl who resides in a closed island community separated from the rest of civilization. The novel will explore the way history can change over time and how a society that relies on an oral tradition and maintains strong taboos shapes its own story. Writer-in-Residence 2005-2006  The winner of the Children's Writer in Residence fellowship for 2005-2006, was Jane LeGrow of Sandwich,
Massachusetts, who worked at the Library from September through June. Created to provide an emerging children's writer with the financial support and privacy needed to complete one literary work within a nine-month period, the fellowship has provided Ms. LeGrow with a "room of her own" in the central Library, plus a $20,000 stipend. Writer-in-Residence 2004-2005  The Associates announced that Brighton resident Hannah Rodgers has been awarded the Associates’ first Children's Writer-in-Residence fellowship. Ms. Rodgers will spend October 1, 2004 through June 1, 2005 writing a novel tentatively titled Gideon and Portia, about a young girl who leaves a work camp for teenagers to follow a traveling carnival. While traveling across the United States with the carnival, the girl, Portia, and her mysterious friend Gideon meet and befriend other performers. Acquaintance with such marginalized and talented people prompts Portia to question the manner in which one society rejects those that don't conform, only to cause them to be accepted by others in similar circumstances. Associates
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