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Marissa Moss
Marissa Moss graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Art History. She has used her knowledge of historical research to write more than seventy children’s books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult novels. Best known for the Amelia’s Notebook series, her books are popular with teachers and children alike, using graphic formats to introduce history in an accessible, appealing way. Barbed Wire Baseball recently won the California Book Award, Gold medal and the California Young Reader Medal. Her first adult title, Last Things, is a graphic memoir about her art historian husband that won the Anne & Robert Cowan Award. Her historical books cover subjects as varied as Ancient Egypt and Rome, Renaissance Italy, Medieval France, and 19th century London. She has spent years living in France and Italy to do the necessary research and brings a vivid mix of art and daily life to her historical work. Her book, The Pharaoh’s Secret, focuses on Egypt’s powerful woman pharaoh, Hatshepsut, and the unique architecture of her mortuary temple, one of the world’s wonders.
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