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Catherine Gourley
Catherine Gourley is an award-winning author and editor of books for young adults. She is the national director for Letters about Literature, a reading-writing promotion program of...view moreCatherine Gourley is an award-winning author and editor of books for young adults. She is the national director for Letters about Literature, a reading-writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. In addition, she is the curriculum writer for The Story of Movies, an educational outreach program on film study and visual literacy in the middle school developed by The Film Foundation in Los Angeles.
A former editor of Read magazine, Gourley has written more than 20 books. Her recent five-book series—Images and Issues of Women in the Twentieth Century (Twenty-First Century Books)—was named to Booklist's Top 10 Series Nonfiction list, and individual titles received starred reviews from School Library Journal. The series also received accolades from the Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Feminist Books for Young Readers and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) / Children's Book Council (CBC) Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People.view less
Books by Catherine Gourley
The Horrors of Andersonville: Life and Death Inside a Civil War Prison