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Karen Cushman is an American writer of historical fiction. Her 1995 novel The Midwife's Apprentice won the Newbery Medal for children's literature, and her 1994 novel Catherine, Called Birdy won a Newbery Honor. She has a bachelor of arts degree in Greek and English from Stanford University. In addition, she has a master's degree in human behavior as well as a master's degree in museum studies. For eleven years she was adjunct professor in the Museum Studies Department at John F. Kennedy University before resigning in 1996 to write full-time. She lives and writes on Vashon Island near Seattle, Washington.

✵ 4. October 1941
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Works

Catherine, Called Birdy
The Midwife's Apprentice
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Karen Cushman Quotes

“Just because you don't know everything don't mean you know nothing.”

Karen Cushman book The Midwife's Apprentice

Source: The Midwife's Apprentice

“Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life.”

Karen Cushman book Catherine, Called Birdy

Source: Catherine, Called Birdy

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