The class clown by johanna hurwitz biography

American children's writer

Johanna Hurwitz (born October 9, 1937)^[1] is an American author of more than sixty children's books.^[2][3] She has sold millions of books in many different languages.^[4]

Life and career

Hurwitz graduated from Queens College, New York with a degree in English and Columbia University with a master's in library science.^[4][5]

After many years working as a librarian,^[6] Hurwitz wrote her first book, Busybody Nora, in 1976,^[4] one of the first in the chapter book genre for transitioning young readers from shorter stories to novels.

Busybody Nora took 17 tries for publishing companies to publish the book. Ravenstone Press published the book three months after Hurwitz submitted the story.^[6][7]

Hurwitz's books include biographies for children on subjects such as Anne Frank, Astrid Lindgren, Leonard Bernstein, and Helen Keller.^{[8 Class Clown (Class Clown, #1) by Johanna Hurwitz | Goodreads HID}