Cutie Patooties: Sara Lewis Holmes, Liz Scanlon, and Laura Purdie Salas.
Lucky for me, writer friend Maha Addasi invited me along to a special tea party given in honor of Katherine Paterson, our National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. The gathering of Vermont College of Fine Arts students, alumni, teachers and friends (a mix of editors, librarians, agents, authors, artists) was held at the gorgeous period home of Tami Lewis Brown in Georgetown on Saturday afternoon.
photo of Maha from my 2008 interview with her.
Blame the heat, or the standing room only crowd, or being awestruck and starstruck all at once, but I forgot to take Maha’s picture! You may remember my interviewing her back in 2008, when her first picture book, The White Nights of Ramadan, was published. You may also recall that she was just starting her MFA work at VC back then in addition to raising her four children. Happy to say, very proud to report, that Maha is graduating next month! AND, her second picture book, Time to Pray, is coming out in September! Can you say the word, "Superwoman"? GO, MAHA!
Jama's Alphabet Soup 