Publishers Weekly, August 26th, 1996
Cushman's latest book 'The Ballad of Lucy Whipple' was inspired by the anger the author felt when learning that women were not given any recognition in the California Gold Rush. She found that era more difficult to research than the Middle Ages, which were settings in her previous books.
The Newbery Medalist tells of her new novel and muses on life after the prize
WHEN SHE WAS INTERVIEWED for PW's Flying Starts feature just two years ago, no one realized how high Karen Cushman would soon soar. Her first novel, Catherine, Called Birdy, was selected as a 1994 Newbery Honor Book, and the very n...
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