Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin is an award-winning children’s book author who writes books about people who have made the world a better place and inspire children to be heroes and heroines, too. She won the 2021 National Jewish Book Award and 2022 Sydney Taylor Honor for Dear Mr. Dickens, a true story that is the subject of an educational program offered by The Charles Dickens Museum in London, and two Sydney Taylor Notables, including one for her 2021 book, A Queen to the Rescue, the Story of Henrietta Szold Founder of Hadassah. A former theater critic for The Los Angeles Times and The Dallas Morning News, Nancy is the author of 10 picture book biographies, with six additional books on the way in 2023 and more in 2024. Among her other book honors: first place in the National Federation of Press Women Award for Nonfiction Picture Book, multiple Studies Notable Trade Books for Young People; the South Asia Book Award, two Children and Teen's Choice Book Awards finalists, two Junior Library Guild selections, an ILA-CBC Children’s Choices list, multiple Silver Eureka Award-winners, multiple books on the Bank Street Books list of Best Children's Books, multiple A Mighty Girl books and starred reviews from School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly. All her books come with free teacher guides, resources and projects on her website, nancychurnin.com Nancy is available for bookings at authorsandmore.com.