Jen Bryant

Jen Bryant (born 1960) is an American poet, novelist, and children's writer.

Bryant has won several awards for her work, including the Robert F. Sibert International Book Medal for ''The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus'', the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, and the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award for ''A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams'', and the Schneider Family Book Award for ''Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille''.

Two of her books, ''The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus'' and ''A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams'', have been awarded Caldecott Honors for Melissa Sweet's artwork. Provided by Wikipedia