Dashka slater biography

Dashka Slater

From the short story "Down With Her Hands"

Dante shrugged at her talking sometimes, rolled his eyes, asking, "Don't you ever quit?" But he never left the room the way Tyla and Tobias did when she got to talking. Afternoons after school he'd seek her out, sit in a chair next to her as she worked in the garden or the kitchen, and listen to her stories about taking the train to California in 1943, eight months pregnant with Celeste and Henry Jr. barely old enough to stand. Henry Sr. had gone ahead three months before to see if it really was the way people said it would be: lemons and oranges hanging from the trees and good-paying jobs for anybody that wanted them. By the time she got on the train to join him it seemed like half of Arkansas had come too, colored and white packed in together, the train was so crowded there was nowhere to sit down for the three days it took to get to Richmond. She made Dante laugh telling him how she fell asleep on her feet and would hav

Dashka Slater - National Endowment for the Arts

New York Times-bestselling author Dashka Slater has been described as a “triple threat” for her success in journalism, adult fiction, and children's literature.

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Slater, Dashka 1963-PERSONAL: Given name is pronounced Dah-shka; born Novem, in Boston, MA; daughter of Philip (a writer) and Dori (a writer) Appel; married Cliff Baker (a teacher), J; children: Milo.

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New York Times-bestselling author Dashka Slater has been described as a “triple threat” for her success in journalism, adult fiction, and children’s literature.

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Dashka Slater is the author of a novel, The Wishing Box (Chronicle), which was named one of the best books of the year by the Los Angeles Times.

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Dashka Slater is the New York Times-bestselling author of fifteen books of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults.