A tribute to Katherine Paterson.
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma |
| Publication | World Literature Today |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0196-3570 |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Published | 2008-05-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Chris Crowe |
| Person | Appreciation | Katherine Paterson |
Award-winning author Chris Crowe, who nominated Paterson for the NSK Prize, reflects on the significance of her career and why he chose her as his nominee.
During the first Gulf War, the daily war news so worried one of my daughters that many nights she couldn't sleep. When she'd wake, troubled and afraid, I'd go into her room to soothe her, to calm her down, to convince her that we were safe because the bombings were far, far away from our home. Some nights, I could coax her back to sleep. Other nights, her restless fears eventually drove her into the master bedroom,...
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