Janet McDonald
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Janet McDonald (August 10, 1953 – April 11, 2007)[1] was an American writer of young adult novels as well as the author of Project Girl, a memoir about her early life in Brooklyn's Farragut Houses and struggle to achieve an Ivy League education. Her best known children's book is Spellbound, which tells the story of a teenaged mother who wins a spelling competition and a college scholarship. The book was named as one of the American Library Association's eighty-four Best Books for Young Adults in 2002.[2] In 2003, her novel Chill Wind won her the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.[3]
In addition to books, McDonald also wrote articles for publications such as Slate, including one in which she paid psychic Sylvia Browne $700 for a telephone reading.[4] McDonald was a member of Mensa, the high IQ society.[5][6]
Biography
After graduating from Vassar (1977), Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1984), and New York University Law School (1986),Script error: No such module "Unsubst". McDonald practiced law in New York City (1986–89) and Seattle (1989–91).[7] She took a position as an intern at a Paris law firm (1991–93) before moving to Olympia, Washington, to work in the Attorney General's office and teach French language classes at Evergreen State College.[8] McDonald settled in Paris in 1995 to work first as an international attorney and then as a writer, until she died of cancer in 2007.[9][10]
Bibliography
Books
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Articles
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Quotes
- "Freedom is ... not about nothing left to lose, it's about nothing left to be; you don't have to be anything."[11]
- "Paris is where I became possible. It's where I became free."[5]
References
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- ↑ Project Girl, p. 183, 1st edn.
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- ↑ "Janet McDonald".The Brown Bookshelf.2010.
- ↑ Americans in Paris, a 2000 episode of This American Life, featuring McDonald.
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Further reading
- Catherine Ross-Stroud. "Urban Hip-Hop Fiction: Janet McDonald", Tarshia Stanley (ed.), Encyclopedia of Hip-Hop Literature, Greenwood Press, 2008.
External links
- Slate. Various articles by McDonald, 1998–2003
- "Americans in Paris", This American Life, 2000 (extended radio interview with McDonald, beginning at 41.05)
- "Remembering Janet McDonald", Entrée to Black Paris, 2011
- Thomas E. Kennedy, "The Wind Blew It Away", The Literary Explorer, 2001
- Catherine Ross-Stroud, "A Talk with Janet McDonald", The ALAN Review, Fall 2009
- Jennifer Williams, "Twists and Turns", HipMama, 2003
- C-Span Book Discussion Janet McDonald discusses Project Girl, 1999
- Susie Linfield, "Caught in Life's Harsh Extremes", L.A. Times Book Review, 1999
- Julia Browne, "Janet's Own Rhythm", Spirit of Black Paris, 2007
- Reading Eagle "From Projects to Paris" Associated Press, 1999
- The Birmingham Post (England) "Letter from Paris", 1999
- Memorial Page by Janet McDonald's Family, Forever Missed.
- Sheryl McCarthy, "Talking With Janet McDonald / I Will Survive", Newsday, 2000
- Lisa J. Curtis "Tales From the Hood", Go Brooklyn, 2004
- Thomas E. Kennedy, "You Don’t Remember Me, But I Remember You - For Janet McDonald", Serving House Journal, 2011
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- 1953 births
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