Donna Jo Napoli is the author I chose for my author focus. I have read, Prince of the Pond and Stones
in Water and marveled at the breath, range and diversity exhibited in Napoli's writing. She is among my favorite authors
and I have found even more of her abundant work to read!
Donna Jo Napoli, who lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, is an eclectic and prolific author, writing for children
and adults. She is a mathematician, a linguist, author of picture books, young adult novels, and adult non-fiction books.
Sly, the Sleuth and the pet mysteries series is coauthored with her son, Robert Furrow. Donna Jo Napoli is a professor of
Linguistics at Swarthmore College.
According to the More than Magic Mirrors website (2010):
"Donna Jo Napoli lives outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is the mother of five children. In 1970 she
received a BA in mathematics in 1970. In 1973 she received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University
and then did a postdoctoral year in Linguistics at MIT. She likes to garden, bake bread, and do Yoga; she is a huge fan of
animals and has had lots of pets."
Bibliography of Donna Jo Napoli
Series
Picture Books
Flamingo Dream (2002)
Hotel Jungle (2004)
Bobby the Bold (2006)
Story Collection
Three Teen-Ages: Tales of Teenage Life in the Past, Present and the Future
(2003) Anderson, Mackler & Napoli
Non-Fiction
Language Matters (2003)
Syntax: Theory & Problems (2006)
Sources:
Author Donna Jo Napoli
More than Magic Mirrors
Fantastic Fiction at Fantastic Fiction
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