Kathryn Morton, 15th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Kathryn Morton, the Virginian-Pilot\u27s book page columnist for 15 years, has reviewed scores of children\u27s books for that paper, as well as for The Washington Post Book World and the New York Times Book Review. Among the notable children\u27s book writers she has interviewed are Katherine Paterson, Madeleine L\u27Engle, Steven Kellogg, and Rosemary Wells. She describes herself as a groupie for children\u27s book and author seminars. As a sometime teacher and the mother of three avid readers, she field tests children\u27s books at home and in the classroom