Deborah Hopkinson

Deborah Hopkinson is as award-winning of picture books, fiction, and nonfiction for young readers.In 2013 she received a Robert F. Sibert Honor and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award honor for TITANIC: VOICES FROM THE DISASTER. In 2023, Deborah will publish books for readers of all ages. Coming up in winter and spring: HAPPY EARTH DAY! and RACE AGAINST DEATH, The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II. This summer she teams up with Caldecott-winning illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky for CINDERELLA and a MOUSE CALLED FRED. In the fall, Will Shakespeare makes a cameo in her middle grade fiction historical fiction mystery, THE PLOT TO KILL A QUEEN. Also coming this fall is a picture book inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights illustrated by Kate Gardiner and a new Ready to Read series, The Adventures of Trim. Deborah is available for conference and library appearances, school author visits and manuscript critiques. She lives with her family and a large menagerie of pets near Portland, Oregon. Visit her on the web at www.deborahhopkinson.com and follow her on Twitter at @deborahopkinson and Instagram @deborah_hopkinson.