Facing Uncertainty: Newbery winner Kelly Barnhill battles post-concussion symptoms

Facing Uncertainty: Newbery winner Kelly Barnhill battles post-concussion symptoms

Author Kelly Barnhill was "flabbergasted" to be among the finalists in 2022's National Book Award for Young People's Literature category. For Barnhill, 2017 Newbery winner for The Girl Who Drank the Moon, the prestigious honor comes amid a health struggle that has created profess...

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Published in:School Library Journal 2022-11, Vol.68 (11), p.15
Main Author: Yorio, Kara
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:eng
Subjects:
Authors, American
Barnhill, Kelly
Book awards
Brain
Childrens literature
Concussion
Interviews
Post-concussion syndrome
School libraries
Writers
Writing
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Summary:Author Kelly Barnhill was "flabbergasted" to be among the finalists in 2022's National Book Award for Young People's Literature category. For Barnhill, 2017 Newbery winner for The Girl Who Drank the Moon, the prestigious honor comes amid a health struggle that has created professional uncertainty. Barnhill is nearly a year into her recovery from a severe concussion. She does not know if she will ever write another book. This is not the typical creative's crisis of confidence; it's the very real result of the injury.
ISSN:0362-8930