{{Short description|American poet and writer (born 1974)}} {{Infobox person | name = Laurel Snyder | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | nationality = | education = University of Tennessee at Chattanooga<br>Iowa Writers' Workshop | occupation = Children's author | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | spouse = | partner = | children = 2 | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = {{URL|laurelsnyder.com}} }} '''Laurel Snyder''' (born 1974 in Baltimore){{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} is an American poet and writer of children's books, including novels and picture books. She has also edited a number of literary journals and is a commentator for NPR's ''All Things Considered''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.4900401 |website=Haaretz |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202601/https://www.haaretz.com/1.4900401 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Snyder was born in Baltimore, Maryland,<ref>{{cite news |title=Laurel Snyder and her very big year |url=https://www.myajc.com/entertainment/books--literature/laurel-snyder-and-her-very-big-year/06DFrrLDfXNMez2CGEM8BP/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |publisher=My AJC |accessdate=16 September 2018 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928151245/https://www.myajc.com/entertainment/books--literature/laurel-snyder-and-her-very-big-year/06DFrrLDfXNMez2CGEM8BP/ |url-status=live |last1=Bookman |first1=Julie }}</ref> and holds degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Sit Down with Laurel Snyder |url=https://littlevillagemag.com/the-sit-down-with-laurel-snyder/ |website=Little Village Mag |date=5 November 2008 |accessdate=16 September 2018 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202107/https://littlevillagemag.com/the-sit-down-with-laurel-snyder/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-04-17 |title=Laurel Snyder: Fantasy Island |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html?issue=246 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2021-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726154708/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/max-issue.html?issue=246 |url-status=live }}</ref> She lives in Atlanta, Georgia,<ref>{{cite web |title=City Lights: 'Orphan Island'; Chamber Music; And More |url=https://www.wabe.org/city-lights-orphan-island-chamber-music-and-more-2/ |website=WABE 90.1 FM |date=13 September 2017 |accessdate=16 September 2018 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202127/https://www.wabe.org/city-lights-orphan-island-chamber-music-and-more-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/people/laurel-snyder/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002060624/https://www.nationalbook.org/people/laurel-snyder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with her husband and children.
==Awards and honors== Twelve of Snyder's books are Junior Library Guild books: ''Any Which Wall'' (2009),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780375955600J&name=Any_Which_Wall |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> ''Swan'' (2015),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452118901J&name=Swan |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> ''The Forever Garden'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Forever Garden by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780553512748J&name=Forever_Garden |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> ''Charlie & Mouse'' (2017),<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452131535J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926025106/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452131535J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Orphan Island'' (2017),<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062443410J&name=Orphan_Island |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> ''Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452137483J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_and_Grumpy |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2022-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925133518/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452137483J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_and_Grumpy |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Charlie & Mouse Even Better'' (2019),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie & Mouse Even Better by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452170657J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_Even_Better |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> ''My Jasper June'' (2019),<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062836625J&name=My_Jasper_June |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2022-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123034614/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780062836625J&name=My_Jasper_June |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Charlie & Mouse Outdoors'' (2020),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie & Mouse Outdoors by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452170664J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_Outdoors |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2022-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130025611/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452170664J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_Outdoors |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Charlie and Mouse Lost and Found'' (2021),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lost and Found: Charlie and Mouse Book #5 by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452183404J&name=Lost_and_Found |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2022-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001013855/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452183404J&name=Lost_and_Found |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Endlessly Ever After'' (2022),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452144825J&name=Endlessly_Ever_After |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild}}</ref> and ''Charlie & Mouse Are Magic'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charlie & Mouse Are Magic: Book 6 by Laurel Snyder |url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452183411J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_Are_Magic |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Junior Library Guild |archive-date=2023-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306192357/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9781452183411J&name=Charlie_and_Mouse_Are_Magic |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Swan'' was named one of the best books of 2016 by Bank Street College of Education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year {{!}} Five to Nine {{!}} 2016 Edition |url=https://d2mguk73h8xisw.cloudfront.net/media/filer_public/filer_public/2016/03/16/2016five-to-nine_1101.pdf |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Bank Street College of Education |archive-date=2021-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224193531/https://d2mguk73h8xisw.cloudfront.net/media/filer_public/filer_public/2016/03/16/2016five-to-nine_1101.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Charlie and Mouse'' was named one of the best picture books of 2017 by the Chicago Public Library, New York Public Library, and ''The Washington Post''.<ref name=":2" />
''Orphan Island'' was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library.<ref name=":3" />
''My Jasper June'' was named one of the best books of the year by ''Publishers Weekly''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Books 2019: Publishers Weekly |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2019/middle-grade |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=2022-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206224356/https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2019/middle-grade |url-status=live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |+Awards for Snyder's writing !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |- |2011 |''Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher'' |Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers |Notable |<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sydney Taylor Book Awards |url=https://jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023stbaallawardwinnersever.pdf |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Association of Jewish Libraries |archive-date=2023-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306182249/https://jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023stbaallawardwinnersever.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |2014 |''{{Sort|Longest Night|The Longest Night}}'' |Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers |'''Winner''' |<ref name=":1" /> |- |2015 | rowspan="3" |''Swan'' |Golden Kite Award for Picture Books Text |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-03-16 |title=Awards: CILIP Carnegie, Kate Greenaway; SCBWI Golden Kite |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2711 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2023-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223214122/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2711 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2016 |ALSC Notable Children's Books |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulte-Cooper |first=Laura |date=2016-01-19 |title=ALSC names 2016 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/alsc-names-2016-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203061508/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/01/alsc-names-2016-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Notable Children's Books: 2016 |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=8013933 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Booklist |archive-date=2021-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024133748/https://www.booklistonline.com/Notable-Children-s-Books/pid=8013933 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |NCTE Orbis Pictus Award |Honor |<ref>{{Cite web |title=NCTE Orbis Pictus Award® Outstanding Nonfiction for Children {{!}} Past Winners 2015-Present |url=https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/OP_Winners_2015-Present.pdf |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=National Council of Teachers of English |archive-date=2023-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316165706/https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/OP_Winners_2015-Present.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2017 |''Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy'' |Cybils Award for Easy Readers |Finalist |<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |title=2017 Cybils Finalists |url=https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2017-cybils-finalists |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325183048/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2017-cybils-finalists |archive-date=2023-03-25 |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |''Orphan Island'' |National Book Award for Young People's Literature |Longlist |<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-09-13 |title=Awards: Man Booker; NBA Young People's Lit; BPL Literary |url=https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3085 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Shelf Awareness |archive-date=2022-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302024956/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3085 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2018 | rowspan="2" |''Charlie & Mouse'' |ALSC Notable Children's Books |Selection |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schulte-Cooper |first=Laura |date=2018-04-12 |title=ALSC names 2018 Notable Children's Books |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-names-2018-notable-childrens-books |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=2022-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109204347/https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/04/alsc-names-2018-notable-childrens-books |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |Geisel Award |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Communications and Marketing Office |date=2018-02-12 |title=Laurel Snyder, Emily Hughes win Geisel Award for 'Charlie & Mouse' |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/laurel-snyder-emily-hughes-win-geisel-award-charlie-mouse |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=American Library Association |language=en |archive-date=2021-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419171740/http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/laurel-snyder-emily-hughes-win-geisel-award-charlie-mouse |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
==Publications==
=== Standalone books ===
* ''Daphne and Jim'' (2005, Burnside Review Press) * ''The Myth of the Simple Machines'' (2007, No Tell Books) * ''Inside the Slidy Diner'' (2008, Tricycle Press) * ''Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, or The Search for a Suitable Princess'' (2008, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Any Which Wall'', illustrated by LeUyen Pham (2009, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher'' (2010, Tricycle Press) * ''Penny Dreadful'', illustrated by Abigail Halpin (2010, Random House Books for Young) * ''Bigger than a Bread Box'' (2011, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Nosh, Schlep, Schluff: Babyiddish'', illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke (2011, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Good Night, laila tov'', illustrated by Jui Ishida (2012, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Camp Wonderful Wild,'' illustrated by Carlynn Whitt (2013, Two Lions) * ''The Longest Night: A Passover Story'', illustrated by Catia Chien (2013, Schwartz & Wade) * ''Seven Stories Up'' (2014, Random House Books for Young Readers) * ''Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova'', illustrated by Julie Morstad (2015, Chronicle Books) * ''The Forever Garden'' (2017, Schwartz & Wade) * ''The King of Too Many Things'' (2017, Rodale Kids) * ''Orphan Island'' (2017, Walden Pond Press) * ''Hungry Jim'' (2019, Chronicle Books) * ''My Jasper June'' (2019, Walden Pond Press) * ''Endlessly Ever After'', illustrated by Dan Santat (2022, Chronicle Books) * ''The Witch of Woodland'' (2023, Walden Pond Press)
=== Charlie & Mouse series === The Charlie & Mouse series is illustrated by Emily Hughes and published by Chronicle Books.
# ''Charlie & Mouse'' (2017) # ''Charlie & Mouse & Grumpy'' (2017) # ''Charlie & Mouse Even Better'' (2019) # ''Charlie & Mouse Outdoors'' (2020) # ''Charlie & Mouse Lost and Found'' (2021) # ''Charlie & Mouse Are Magic'' (2022)
=== As editor === * ''Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes'' (2006, Soft Skull Press)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website |laurelsnyder.com}} * {{ISFDB name|130067}} * {{LCAuth|n2006046012|Laurel Snyder|15|}}
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