Denise Gosliner Orenstein (1950-) Biography - Career, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Honors Awards, Writings
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Born 1950, in New York, NY; one child. Education: Bennington College, B.A., 1972; Brown University, M.A., 1973.
Offıce— American University, Department of Literature, 237 Battelle-Tompkins, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016-8047.
Distinguished Faculty Award, American University Office of Multicultural Affairs, 2003; Outstanding Teacher Award, American University, 2004.
When the Wind Blows Hard, illustrated by Linda Strauss Edwards, Addison-Wesley (Reading, MA), 1982.
Unseen Companion, Katherine Tegen Books (New York, NY), 2003.
Work represented in anthologies, including Stories for Free Children, McGraw, 1982. Contributor of stories and articles to periodicals, including Ms.
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Writer and educator Denise Orenstein is the author of the children's books When the Wind Blows Hard and Unseen Companion, both of which take place in rural Alaska, where Orenstein spent much of her early career. Her first novel, When the Wind Blows Hard, is based on her experiences as a teacher in native Alaskan villages and focuses on a young girl whose loneliness after her divorced mother…
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