Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Deborah Wiles
Born: May 5, 1953 (age 72)
Bio: Deborah Wiles is an award-winning children's book author. Her second novel, Each Little Bird That Sings, was a 2005 National Book Award finalist. Wiles received the PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship in 2004 and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2005.
Known for:
- Countdown (2010)
- Each Little Bird That Sings (2005)
- Freedom Summer (2001)
- Love, Ruby Lavender (2001)
- The Aurora County All-Stars (2007)