Donna Jo Napoli





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Donna Jo Napoli

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Donna Jo Napoli is both a linguist and a writer of children's and YA fiction.

Donna Jo has five children. She dreams of moving to the woods and becoming a naturalist. She loves to garden and bake bread.

At various times her house and yard have been filled with dogs, cats, birds, and rabbits. For thirteen years she had a cat named Taxi, and liked to go outside and call, "Taxi!" to make the neighbors wonder. But dear dear Taxi died in 2009.

She lives outside Philadelphia. She received her BA in mathematics in 1970 and her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures in 1973, both from Harvard University, then did a postdoctoral year in Linguistics at MIT. She has since taught linguistics at Smith College, the University of North...more


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“I feel the stars. Each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart.”
Donna Jo Napoli, Sirena

“Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.”
Donna Jo Napoli, Bound

“And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.”
Donna Jo Napoli

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Time to pick our August Non-Series read. Here are the onces to choose from. The poll will be up through 7/23, I'll post the winners in our bookshelf the next day.

 
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