Darlene Beck Jacobson
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Sewell, NJ |
| Introduction | Darlene is a lover of history and can often be found mining dusty closets and drawers in search of skeletons from her past. She enjoys adding these bits of her ancestry to stories such as the middle grade historical novel WHEELS OF CHANGE (Creston 2014) which is a 2015 Notable Social-Studies Trade Book from the Children’s Book Council (CBC), A 2015 Mighty Girl Pick, and The Grateful American Book Prize Honorable mention for 2015. Her middle grade novel-in-verse WISHES, DARES, AND HOW TO STAND UP TO A BULLY (Creston 2020) is a Notable Verse Novel for 2021 from the CBC. Darlene lives and writes her stories in New Jersey with her family and a house full of dust bunnies. She’s caught many fish, but never asked one to grant her a wish. She’s a firm believer in wishes coming true, so she tries to be careful what she wishes for. Her blog features recipes, activities, crafts, articles on nature, book reviews, and interviews with children’s book authors and illustrators. www.darlenebeckjacobson.com Twitter: @DBeckJacobson |
| Interests | Reading, writing, crafting, nature walks for inspiration, and quilting to stir up the reluctant muse. Trying out new baking recipes also shakes off the sluggish imagination. |
| Favorite Movies | THE MARTIAN, THE STING, THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE FUGITIVE, STAR WARS IV, V, VI |
| Favorite Music | classic rock |
| Favorite Books | just about anything MG, mysteries, historical fiction |