Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
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)







