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06/15/2017 12:01 AMBreakwater Books will host Hannah Barnaby on Wednesday, June 21 at 11:30 a.m. for Children’s Story Time, an event designed for children aged 3 and older. The event is free and open to the public.
Barnaby’s debut novel, Wonder Show, was a William C. Morris Award Finalist in 2013; her second novel, Some of the Parts, received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and sold out its first printing in two weeks. Her debut picture book, Bad Guy, illustrated by Mike Yamada, released in May 2017, and her second, Garcia & Colette Go Exploring, illustrated by Andrew Joyner (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) followed shortly thereafter.
Barnaby has worked as a children’s book editor, a bookseller at independent children’s bookstores, and a teacher of writing for children and young adults. She holds a master’s degree in children’s literature from Simmons College and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College.
Barnaby spent several years living in Guilford with her parents, and edited her first book and wrote much of her second book at the Guilford Free Library. She was the first children’s writer-in-residence at the Boston Public Library. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.