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Ilene Cooper (born March 10, 1948) [1] is an American author and reviewer of children's books.

Early life and education [ edit ]

Cooper was born in Chicago , where she graduated from Sullivan High School . She later attended the Missouri School of Journalism , where she majored in radio and television. After working at WGN-TV for several years, she enrolled in Rosary College , where she received her Master of Science in Library Science . [2]

Career [ edit ]

Cooper began her career as a children's librarian at the Winnetka Public Library . [3] She is the children's books editor at the book review magazine Booklist . [4] [2] She has also written numerous children's books about feminism and politics. [3]

In the mid-2000s, John Green was working at Booklist , where he was mentored by Cooper, when his book Looking for Alaska won the Michael L. Printz Award . [5] During this time, Green gave a draft copy of Looking for Alaska to Cooper, before the book was published; Cooper later recalled that after reading this draft, she thought that "He had a voice you could tell was quite original," and decided she would work with him. She has also described herself as Green's "fairy godmother". [6]

In 2002?2003, Cooper won a National Jewish Book Award in the Children Literature category for Jewish Holidays All Year Round . [7] In 2007, she won the Illinois Reading Council Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children. [2] [8]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Ilene Cooper" . Contemporary Authors . 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-10-08 . Retrieved 29 August 2016 .
  2. ^ a b c "About Ilene Cooper" . Ilenecooper.com . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
  3. ^ a b Ingram, Bruce (27 April 2015). "Children's author chronicles history of women in politics" . Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
  4. ^ Blais, Jacqueline (16 August 2001). "Don't cry, parents: Kindergarten is cool!" . USA Today . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
  5. ^ Talbot, Margaret (9 June 2014). "The Teen Whisperer" . The New Yorker . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
  6. ^ Johnson, Steve (18 May 2012). "Author John Green wins Tribune's Young Adult Literary Prize" . Chicago Tribune . p. 3 . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
  7. ^ "Past Winners" . Jewish Book Council . Retrieved 2020-01-19 .
  8. ^ "Illinois Reading Council" . www.illinoisreadingcouncil.org . Retrieved 2020-01-19 .

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