Susan Marie Swanson

Susan Marie Swanson (born May 19, 1955[1]) is an American author of children's literature, poet, and educator.[2] Swanson is best known for her children's book The House in the Night, which won a Minnesota Book Award[2], and the 2009 Caldecott Medal.

She was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bibliography
  • Getting Used to the Dark: 26 Night Poems (1997)
  • Letter to The Lake (1998)
  • The First Thing My Mama Told Me (2002)
  • To Be Like the Sun (2008)
  • The House in the Night (2008)

References
  1. "Susan Marie Swanson". Contemporary Authors Online. 2010 – via Gale.
  2. "Susan Marie Swanson | Writing". COMPAS. Retrieved 2017-03-17.


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