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Donna Jo Napoli

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Born

February 28

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http://www.donnajonapoli.com/

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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June 2011

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Donna Jo Napoli is both a linguist and a writer of children's and YA fiction. She loves to garden and bake bread, and even dreams of moving to the woods and becoming a naturalist.

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 has five children, seven grandchildren, and currently 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 Univ ...more

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Donna Jo Napoli's Blog

i don't know how to do a blog

But i wanted to post an interview that Author Turf did with me -- and so I'm putting it here.
http://bit.ly/hfqzu8

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Published on June 21, 2011 02:18

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	Zel 3.61 avg rating — 7,142 ratings — published 1996 — 19 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
	Beast 3.47 avg rating — 7,061 ratings — published 2000 — 23 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
	Sirena 3.82 avg rating — 6,179 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Bound 3.72 avg rating — 5,799 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
	Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale 3.61 avg rating — 4,453 ratings — published 2007 — 17 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
	Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters 4.02 avg rating — 3,373 ratings — published 2011 — 28 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
	Daughter of Venice 3.73 avg rating — 3,251 ratings — published 2001 — 24 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
	Spinners by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author), Richard Tchen 3.54 avg rating — 3,060 ratings — published 1999 — 10 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
	Fish Girl: A Graphic Novel by Donna Jo Napoli (Goodreads Author), David Wiesner (Illustrator) 3.72 avg rating — 2,716 ratings — published 2017 — 6 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
	Stones in Water (Stones in Water, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 2,579 ratings — published 1997 — 24 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

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

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“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

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“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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