The Horn Book Magazine, July 1st, 1998
Karen Hesse's editor describes meeting the children's book author and her experiences in editing her first three books. She has found that Hesse is an empathetic and emotionally honest person whose writing offers an extraordinary sense of place.
A profound and visceral sense of place is one of the qualities that is most memorable about Karen Hesse's writing. As I think about my relationship with Karen Hesse, I think not about what things happened, but where they happened. The sense of place in Karen's books is so strong that, as her friend and editor, when I think of Karen, I think of places....
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