Famous Author : Audrey Penn

Audrey Penn grew up in Maryland, USA. Audrey Penn didn’t start off her career as a writer. Penn, in the 1970s, was a ballerina dancer dancing for the New York City Ballet, Danny Diamond Dance Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, and the National Ballet. Between 1973 and 1976 she was an alignist and choreographer for the US Figure Skating team for the Pan American Games and the 1976 Olympic Gymnastics Team.

Penn’s first book was Happy Apple Told Me - it was nominated for a Caldecott Medal. In 1980, after developing Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Penn was too ill to continue with ballet. Due to many painful surgeries and not being able to walk for weeks led her to write more books like Blue Out of Season and No Bones About Driftiss. Penn currently resides in Maryland with her husband and their two children.

Happy Apple Told Me (1975)

Blue Out of Season (1984)

No Bones About Driftiss (1989)

The Kissing Hand (1994)

Sassafras (1997)

A.D.D. not B.A.D (2003)

Feathers And Fur (2004)

Pocketful of Kisses (2004)

Mystery at Blackbeard's Cove (2004)

A Kiss Goodbye (2007)

Blackbeard and the Sandstone Pillar : When Lightning strikes (2007)

Blackbeard and the gift of Silence (2007)

Chester Raccon and the Big Bad Bully (2008)

The Miracle Jar (2008)

Chester Racoon and the Acorn Full of Memories (2008)