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The Independence School presents
An Evening with Award-Winning Author Steve Sheinkin
The Independence School (Pike Creek) is hosting a presentation and book signing by Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of "fast-paced, cinematic histories for young adult readers," on Tuesday, November 15, at 7:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
Steve Sheinkin's work is widely acclaimed. The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights received the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and was a National Book Award finalist. The Notorious Benedict Arnold won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for nonfiction. His exploration of the atomic bomb, Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-The World's Most Dangerous Weapon was a Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award finalist, and winner of the Sibert Informational Book Medal, as well as the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War was a National Book Award finalist and a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award finalist.
Steve studied communications and international relations at Syracuse University and worked as a textbook editor and writer while launching his career as a writer of books for young adults. He lives with his family in Saratoga Springs, NY. Learn more at www.SteveSheinkin.com.
Steve Sheinkin's presentation at The Independence School is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase courtesy of The Hockessin Book Shelf.
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