Katherine Paterson, 2nd Annual ODU Literary Festival

Katherine Paterson is the author of five books of children\u27s literature. Her first novel, The Sign of the Chrysanthemum, was published in 1973, followed in 1974 by Of Nightingales That Weep,\u27\u27 an American Library Association Notable Children\u27s Book The Master Puppeteer, another ALA Notable, was awarded the 1977 National Book Award for Children\u27s Literature, and Bridge to Terabithia,\u27\u27 also an ALA Notable, received the 1978 Newbery Medal and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Mrs. Paterson\u27s most recent novel, The Great Gilly Hopkins,\u27\u27 is a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and recipient of both the 1978 Christopher Award and the 1979 National Book Award