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Laura Amy Schlitz was born on 28 May, 1955 in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is an American children's author. Discover Laura Amy Schlitz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Writer, and Lower School Librarian at the Park School |
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68 years old |
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Gemini |
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28 May 1955 |
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28 May |
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Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
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United States
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Laura Amy Schlitz Height, Weight & Measurements
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Laura Amy Schlitz Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Laura Amy Schlitz worth at the age of 68 years old? Laura Amy Schlitz’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. She is from United States. We have estimated Laura Amy Schlitz's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Laura Amy Schlitz is an American author of children's literature.
She is a librarian and storyteller at the Park School of Baltimore in Brooklandville, Maryland.
Schlitz attended Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, and graduated in 1977.
Voices from a Medieval Village'' comprises more than twenty one-person plays and two two-person plays.
Her other published books are The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug For Troy (2006), A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (2006), which won a Cybils Award that year, The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (2007), The Night Fairy (2010), Princess Cora and the Crocodile (2017), and Amber and Clay (2021).
She received the 2008 Newbery Medal for her children's book entitled Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, and the 2013 Newbery Honor for her children's book, Splendors and Glooms.
The book was awarded the 2008 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature.
The main character, rich girl Clara Wintermute, lives with her parents in a wealthy section of London.
Her greatest wish for her birthday is for the puppet troupe she saw in a park one day to perform for her and her party guests.
So the puppet master, Grisini, and his assistants, 14-year-old Lizzie Rose Fawr and 12-year-old Parsefall Hooke, visit the Wintermute home and put on their show.
Then, not long after they visit, young Clara goes missing.
Alleged kidnappers demand ransom from her parents, and Clara's father, Dr. Wintermute, brings the ransom to the appointed place, but the kidnapper never shows up.
Meanwhile, an old witch is using her magic to summon Grisini to her estate near Lake Windermere.
All of the children's lives soon become entangled with Grisini; the witch, Cassandra; and the Wintermutes.
And all the while, Clara is being hidden in plain sight.
The 10- to 15-year-old characters all live in or near a 13th-century English manor.
The monologues were written for the 5th Grade curriculum at The Park School during an F. Parvin Sharpless Faculty and Curricular Advancement Program (FACA) at the school.
The book was awarded the 2013 Newbery Honor for excellence in children's literature.
Candlewick Press published all eight books that are listed under Schlitz's name in the U.S. Library of Congress catalog.
Schlitz also wrote A Gypsy at Almack's, an adult romance novel, under the name of Chloe Cheshire.
She also won the 2016 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, the 2015 National Jewish Book Award, and the Sydney Taylor Book Award for her young adult book, The Hired Girl.
