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Roxane Orgill

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Mount Vernon, NY, The United States

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http://www.roxaneorgill.net/

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Biography, History, Poetry

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Valerie Worth; Jane Austen; Allen Wolf

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Roxane Orgill is an award-winning writer on music and the author of JAZZ DAY: THE MAKING OF A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPH, illustrated by Francis Vallejo (Candlewick Press). JAZZ DAY earned six starred reviews and won The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book in 2016. Orgill has written several biographies for young readers, including SKIT-SCAT RAGGEDY CAT: ELLA FITZGERALD and FOOTWORK: THE STORY OF FRED AND ADELE ASTAIRE (Candlewick). She is also the author of DREAM LUCKY, a book for adults about big-band jazz, race, and politics in the 1930s (Smithsonian Books). She lives in Dobbs Ferry, NY.

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Roxane Orgill Never had it. There are too many things that interest me. But I do get blocked, in a way, after I've done a ton of research into a subject and I don't…moreNever had it. There are too many things that interest me. But I do get blocked, in a way, after I've done a ton of research into a subject and I don't know how to write about it, what sort of book to write, for what age, and what form to use. I surprised myself with my book JAZZ DAY because suddenly I found myself writing verse for the first time. Moleskin notebooks are my tool for getting over that "block" if it is a block. Not the computer, I don't use that until I have some idea where I am going.(less)

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Roxane Orgill For my forthcoming book SIEGE, a verse novel about the start of the American Revolution, I got the idea from visiting battlefields with my husband and…moreFor my forthcoming book SIEGE, a verse novel about the start of the American Revolution, I got the idea from visiting battlefields with my husband and son over the course of several years. Monmouth and Princeton Battlefields, the site of the Crossing of the Delaware, Brandywine. I'd never been interested in them or in war, but something about being on site made me intensely curious. How do you start a war? And why? SIEGE is the result of my first exploration into those issues. (less)

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	Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph by Roxane Orgill (Goodreads Author), Francis Vallejo (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald by Roxane Orgill (Goodreads Author), Sean Qualls (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Siege: How General Washington Kicked the British Out of Boston and Launched a Revolution 3.38 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire by Roxane Orgill (Goodreads Author), Stéphane Jorisch (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong by Roxane Orgill (Goodreads Author), Leonard Jenkins (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat... 3.73 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shout, Sister, Shout!: Ten Girl Singers Who Shaped A Century 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mahalia: A Life in Gospel Music 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go-Go Baby! by Roxane Orgill (Goodreads Author), Steven Salerno (Illustrator) 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dream Lucky: Tuning in to Basie, Billie, Benny, Franklin, and the Fights, 1936-1938 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Hundred-and-twenty-six street
on a Tuesday morning
long-time-no-see
"Hi ya, Monk"
"Fump, my man!"
camera guy's sweeping
jazzmen like bundles
toward number 17
they don't notice
too busy with how you been...”
― Roxane Orgill, Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph

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