Kathryn Erskine
Kathryn Erskine is a Dutch-born American writer of children's literature. She won the 1983 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2012 Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award for her novel, Mockingbird.Life
She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in South Africa, Israel, Canada, and Scotland. Erskine now lives in Virginia with her husband,Bill two children, Fiona and Gavin and dog, Maxine.
She was a lawyer for many years before writing.
She presents workshops at the Writer's Center.
