Jennifer Mary Armstrong (born May 12, 1961) is a children's author of fiction and non-fiction. She grew up outside of New York City and now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
As an author who has utilized multiple types of narrative structures, Armstrong believes that
A short story is only one of many narrative structures. We create narrative with jokes, ballads, tales, novels, poems, anecdotes, etc... While there are many satisfactions to be f...
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Jennifer Mary Armstrong (born May 12, 1961) is a children's author of fiction and non-fiction. She grew up outside of New York City and now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.
As an author who has utilized multiple types of narrative structures, Armstrong believes that
A short story is only one of many narrative structures. We create narrative with jokes, ballads, tales, novels, poems, anecdotes, etc... While there are many satisfactions to be found in the conventional beginning-middle-end narrative that is common in short fiction for kids, I believe young readers can respond to many other forms of short narrative.
After 9/11, she wrote that books can be the "enemy of violent zealotry" and work against chaos and fear.
Intended for middle-school-aged readers, Armstrong wrote this series of five books about an Irish family living in Swampoodle, Washington, D.C. during the Civil War. The family- composed of a drunken father, his son- a bricklayer during the construction of the Capitol...
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