Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli
Born (1948-02-28) February 28, 1948 (age 76)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationLinguist, fiction writer
EducationHarvard University (BS, MA, PhD)
Period1993–present (fiction)
GenreFantasy[1] for young people, children's books, picture books
Website
donnajonapoli.com

Donna Jo Napoli (born February 28, 1948) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, as well as a linguist. She currently is a professor at Swarthmore College teaching Linguistics in all different forms (music, Theater (structure), dance, Comparative Literature Studies). She has also taught linguistics at Smith College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and the University of Pennsylvania.[2]

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  2. ^ "Donna Jo Napoli". www.swarthmore.edu. November 24, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2019.