Tracy Nelson Maurer of Forest Lake has received a James Cross Giblin Juvenile Nonfiction Scholarship Award from the Highlights Foundation in Honesdale, Penn. The scholarship provides financial assistance to attend a five-day workshop, “Writing and Revising Narrative Nonfiction,” at the renowned Highlights Foundation writing program facility in the Poconos Mountains this November.
The Highlights Foundation board of directors awards scholarships “to those who best document a serious commitment to writing for children, a level of talent, and a financial need.” The late James Cross Giblin, an editor and author recognized as a major force in contemporary children’s literature, established the award to help encourage and support nonfiction writers.broadstreet.zone(48036);
Maurer, who has published more than 100 nonfiction books for children and young adults, will study with award-winning authors Deborah Heiligman and Barbara Kerley.