
Maxine Rose Schur
California, USA
Maxine Rose Schur is an award-winning author of books for children and young adults. As the recipient of the Joan G. Sugarman Award given by the Washington Independent Writer’s Legal and Educational Fund, Ms Schur was the Baker-Nord Guest Lecturer on Writing for Children to the Humanities faculty at Case Western Reserve University. She has also twice won the Sydney Taylor Award for the most outstanding contribution to Jewish children’s literature in North America.
Maxine Rose Schur was a full-time children’s writer for Addison-Wesley publishing. She has also written children’s fiction and non-fiction for Hampton Brown, Scholastic, Houghton-Mifflin, National Geographic Kids, Cricket, Harcourt Brace, The American Girl’s Collection, Heinemann, Radio New Zealand and the BBC’s Play School. Maxine teaches both travel writing and children’s book writing at conferences and colleges nationwide.
Bookography:
Brave with Beauty: A Story of Afghanistan (Advanced Picture Book, 2019; Yali Books/Sambasivan & Parikh)
Star Brother (Middle Grade, 2024; Snowy Wings Publishing)
A Tale of Bread and Thread (Picture Book, 2024; Lawley Publishing)
The Word Dancer (Middle Grade, 2023; Snowy Wings Publishing)
Q&A with Maxine
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If you could be a character in a children's book, who would you be?
I I would love to be Heidi. What a healthy life that would be ---- picknicking in an alpine meadow of wildflowers, playing among the glaciers and sleeping on a soft, crunchy bed of sweet straw.
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Describe your creative space and routine.
I write in a room painted green and filled with little treasures I've bought from my world travels. Of course, the room has long shelves of my beloved books and two windows from which I sometimes see deer eat my plants! It also has a big white arm chair for reading, thinking and dreaming.
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?What is your favorite creative fuel?
Black tea, British style with milk and sugar.
World History
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