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ABOUT ANDREA WARREN. Andrea at age 16 with her four siblings and Pepper. I grew up in the little town of Newman Grove, Nebraska, with my parents, two brothers, two sisters, and our dog, Pepper. I always loved to read and write, and chose to become an English teacher.
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Andrea Warren was born October 30, 1946, in Norfolk, Nebraska. She received her bachelors of science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1968, and a master’s in English from the same university in 1971. Ms. Warren also received a master’s in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1983.
Born 1946 Norfolk, NE (USA) Andrea Warren. Attribution: Contributed by author. The author is best known for historical nonfiction for children and young adults. Her work has received numerous awards for children's non-fiction.
I began to envision my first nonfiction book for young readers. Working with an agent in New York City, I created a proposal for the book that became Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story, which was published in 1996 and won the prestigious Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. After that, there was no looking back.
WELCOME! My Big News—“Surviving Hitler” is now a Play! It’s been a fascinating experience seeing my book “Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps come to life on the stage. This is the first time I’ve written a play and I gave it the simple title Surviving Hitler.
Andrea Warren is a native Nebraskan who has called Kansas home since 1979. Her seven books of nonfiction for young readers include "Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story"; "We Rode the Orphan Trains"; "Pioneer Girl: A True Story of Growing Up on the Prairie"; "Escape From Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy"; "Surviving ...
Andrea Warren is the author of Surviving Hitler (4.18 avg rating, 5339 ratings, 413 reviews, published 2001), Orphan Train Rider (3.82 avg rating, 2229 r...