Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Rosenthal speaking at the TEDx Waterloo conference, February 25, 2010
Rosenthal speaking at the TEDx Waterloo conference, February 25, 2010
BornAmy Renee Krouse
(1965-04-29)April 29, 1965
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 13, 2017(2017-03-13) (aged 51)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, filmmaker
Alma materTufts University
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseJason Brian Rosenthal
Children3
Website
whoisamy.com

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (born Amy Renee Krouse; April 29, 1965 – March 13, 2017) was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host.[1] She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the film project The Beckoning of Lovely.[2][3][4][5][6] She was a prolific writer, publishing more than 30 children's books between 2005 and her death in 2017.[3][4] She is the only author to have three children's books make the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in the same year.[7] She was a contributor to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ, and to the TED conference.[8][9]

  1. ^ Schudel, Matt (March 14, 2017). "Amy Krouse Rosenthal, author of best-selling children's books, touching farewell essay, dies at 51". Washington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Youth library programs offered in Evesham"[permanent dead link], South Jersey Local News, March 10, 2011; accessed March 29, 2011.
  3. ^ a b Bruce Handy, "Children's Books: Happy to Be Me ... or Me!" The New York Times, May 8, 2009; accessed March 29, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Sally Lodge, (May 21, 2009) "Q & A with Amy Krouse Rosenthal", Publishers Weekly, accessed March 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "Amy Krouse Rosenthal" at HarperCollins Publishers Archived August 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 16, 2011.
  6. ^ "Amy Krouse Rosenthal Readies 'Beckoning of Lovely' Project", Chicago Magazine, November 2010; accessed May 16, 2011.
  7. ^ "The Pennsylvania Center for the Book presents the 2010 A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy," Pennsylvania State University, 2010 Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 30, 2011.
  8. ^ Mission Amy KR blog, WBEZ Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; accessed May 16, 2011.
  9. ^ "TEDActive 2011: Projects: Public Heart", Ted Conferences website, May 9, 2011 Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 16, 2011.