Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Amy Krouse Rosenthal (April 29, 1965 – March 13, 2017) was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short filmmaker, and former radio show host.

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Early life
Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated at Tufts University. She married Jason Brian Rosenthal. They had three children.

Career
She was best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the movie project The Beckoning of Lovely."Youth library programs offered in Evesham," South Jersey Local News, March 10, 2011, accessed March 29, 2011.Bruce Handy, "Children's Books: Happy to Be Me ... or Me!" New York Times, May 8, 2009; accessed March 29, 2011.Sally Lodge, "Q & A with Amy Krouse Rosenthal", Publishers Weekly, May 21, 2009; accessed March 29, 2011."Amy Krouse Rosenthal" at HarperCollins Publishers , accessed May 16, 2011."Amy Krouse Rosenthal Readies 'Beckoning of Lovely' Project", Chicago Magazine, November 2010; accessed May 16, 2011. She was a prolific writer, publishing over 30 children's books between 2005 and her death in 2017.Amy Krouse Rosenthal website, accessed May 16, 2011.

She is the only author to have three children's books make the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in the same year."The Pennsylvania Center for the Book presents the 2010 A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy," Pennsylvania State University, 2010 , accessed March 30, 2011. She was a contributor to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ and to the TED conference.Mission Amy KR blog, WBEZ , accessed May 16, 2011."TEDActive 2011: Projects: Public Heart'', Ted Conferences website, May 9, 2011 , accessed May 16, 2011.

Death
Rosenthal died in Chicago, Illinois from ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017, aged 51.

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Category:1965 births
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Category:Cancer deaths in Chicago
Category:American children's writers
Category:American novelists
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