Jennifer Elvgren is an American author and journalist, and has worked as a press secretary for the American politician Rob Bell. She is known for her books Josias, Hold the Book and The Whispering Town, the former of which won the 2006 Américas Award.

Awards

Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing from the Association of Educational Publishers (2004, won) Américas Award for Josias, Hold the Book (2006, won)

Jennifer Elvgren

Bibliography

Books

Josias, Hold the Book (2006, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell) The Whispering Town (2014, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro)

Jennifer Elvgren

Magazine articles

Aislinn’s Caper (Illustrated by Sandy Rabinowitz, published in Highlights for Children, March 2003) Well Done, York (Illustrated by Gavin Rowe, published in Ladybug, July 2005) First Taste Sweet (Illustrated by Erica Pelton Villnave, published in Spider, March 2009) Gatherin’ Up the Mountain (Illustrated by Claire Ewert, published in Spider, April 2010) Nelly’s Sweet Song (Illustrated by Eric Freeberg, published in Spider, December 2011)

Jennifer Elvgren

References

External links

Interview with Kathryn Erskine

Interview with WINA

Writers from Virginia

American children's writers

Living people

American women children's writers

21st-century American women writers

Regent University alumni

Westminster College (Pennsylvania) alumni

Year of birth missing (living people)