Jen Bryant on Six Dots
September 1st, 2016 by jules
“Every narrative is the culmination of a lot of experimentation. For this story, I did know that I wanted readers to feel as if they were experiencing a lot of what Louis was going through as he lost his sight and grappled with what the rest of his life would become because of that.”
Over at Kirkus today, I talk to author Jen Bryant, pictured here, about her new picture book, Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille (Knopf, September 2016), illustrated by Boris Kulikov.
That is here this morning. You can see art from the book at this 7-Imp post from earlier this year.
Photo of Jen taken by Amy Dragoo and used by her permission.
I love Jen Bryant’s PB bios–they are all so well done. I am so looking forward to this one!
She’s one of the field’s most talented biographers, isn’t she?