After college, Bradley married her high school sweetheart, Bart Bradley.
Bradley's knowledge of horses influenced some of her children's literature, such as the award-winning The War That Saved My Life. ĭuring college, she began writing by working as a freelance writer for equestrian magazines. Her instructor, the Newbery medalist Patricia MacLachlan encouraged Bradley to continue writing and helped her learn more about writing for children.
Bradley was always fascinated with chemistry, but when her sophomore roommate convinced her to take an Introduction to Children's Literature course, she immediately loved it. Kimberly attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and received a degree in chemistry in 1989. In 2016, her children's book The War That Saved My Life received the Newbery Honor Award and was named to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List with an "Outstanding Merit" distinction and won the Committee's Josette Frank Award for fiction. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (born June 24, 1967) is an American children's and young adult book author. Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children.
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