Jane Breskin Zalben

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer, Poet

Port Washington, NY
New York US

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Books:
Paths to Peace: People Who Changed the World (Dutton/Penguin, 2006)
,
Hey, Mama Goose (Dutton/Penguin, 2005)
,
Saturday Night at the Beastro (Harper Collins, 2004)
,
Let There Be Light: Poems for Repairing the World (Dutton, 2002)
,
Pearl's Passover (Simon & Schuster, 2002)
,
Don't Go! (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2001)
,
The Magic Menorah: A Modern Chanukah Tale (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
,
Beni's Family Treasury (Henry Holt, 1999)
,
To Every Season (Simon & Schuster, 1999)
,
Inner Chimes: Poems on Poetry (Boyds Mills Press, 1998)
,
Beni's Family Cookbook (Henry Holt, 1996)
,
Unfinished Dreams (Simon & Schuster, 1996)

Fiction

Books:
Mousterpiece: A Mouse-sized Guide to Modern Art (Roaring Brook Press, 2012)
,
Four Seasons: A Novel in Four Movements (Alfred A. Knopf, 2011)
,
Leap (Knopf, 2007)
,
Light (Dutton, 2007)
Journals:
Hadassah
,
L.A. Times
,
Lilith
,
New York Times
,
Newsday
,
School Library Journal

Poetry

Anthologies:
Grandfathers (Henry Holt, 1998)
,
With All My Heart, With All My Mind (Simon & Schuster, 1998)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
New York
Raised in: 
New York, NY
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Last update: Sep 27, 2016