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Gwen Strauss

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in Deschappelles, Haiti

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Children's, Nonfiction, Poetry

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Gwen Strauss is an award-winning children’s book author and poet, whose titles include Trail of Stones, The Night Shimmy, Ruth and the Green Book, and The Hiding Game. Her poetry, short stories and essays have appeared in numerous places including The New Republic, New England Review, Kenyon Review, London Sunday Times and Catapult. Her forthcoming adult non-fiction book, The Nine will be released in eight countries in 2021 and is currently in development for a TV series. She lives in Southern France where she works as the Director of the Dora Maar House, an artist residency program.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 2,903 ratings · 472 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Hiding Game by Gwen Strauss (Goodreads Author), Herb Leonhard (Illustrations) 3.65 avg rating — 37 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
	The Night Shimmy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1991 — 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
	Trail of Stones by Gwen Strauss (Goodreads Author), Anthony Browne (Illustrator) 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings — 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
	The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — expected publication 2021 — 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
	Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Gwen Strauss (Goodreads Author), Floyd Cooper (Illustrator) 4.30 avg rating — 2,126 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	This Is Not a Confession by David Olimpio (Goodreads Author), Andrew Lang (Contributor), Anne Sexton (Contributor) 4.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — 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
	The Armless Maiden: And Other Tales for Childhood's Survivors by Terri Windling (editor), Kara Dalkey, Ellen Steiber 4.14 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 1995 — 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
	The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Terri Windling (Editor), Rachel Simon 4.04 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 1991 — 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

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An Exposure of the Heart

by Rebecca Busselle

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Shuggie Bain

by Douglas Stuart

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The Resisters

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Gwen Strauss answered a question about The Nine: Is there graphic description of torture? I tried to be careful because I don't like a kind of prurient writing -- gratuitous descriptions-- but the subject is a violent subject. I do discuss La supplice de la baignoire, which was waterboarding-- a common torture the Gestapo used and I descr See Full Answer
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