Sylvia Whitman is a writer and SCBWI member with a particular interest in American and Arab history and culture. Her writing credits for kids encompass a handful of American history books, and articles and stories in Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, and elsewhere. Her titles include the Albert Whitman picture book Under the Ramadan Moon and a YA novel, The Milk of Birds. Both What’s Cooking? A History of American Food (Lerner) and The Milk of Birds (Atheneum) appeared on Bank Street College’s annual list of Best Children’s Books.
She current teaches writing at Ringling College of Art and Design.
www.sylviawhitmanbooks.com