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Barry Denenberg

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
April 05 1940
Barry Denenberg is the critically acclaimed author of non-fiction and historical fiction. His historical fiction includes titles in the Dear America, My Name is America, and Royal Diaries series, many of which have been named NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. His nonfiction books have covered a wide array of topics, from Anne Frank to Elvis Presley. After the publication of An American Hero: The True Story of Charles Lindburgh, Denenberg was interviewed for various documentaries including ABC’s “The Century.”

Denenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and lived in Long Island, Binghamton, New York, and Palisades Park, New Jersey. “I was a serious reader from an early age and when I attended Boston University in 1968, majoring in history, I worked in a bookstore at night,” he says. “After college I was a book buyer for some fine, independent bookstores, some of the nation’s largest retail book chains and a marketing executive in publishing.

“At the age of forty I came to the startling realization that the glamorous world of power lunches, power politics, and power trips was not for me. I immediately went to work on the Great American Novel and was rescued when my future wife, Jean Feiwel made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Scholastic had received a biography of John F. Kennedy that they deemed unacceptable: would I like to try and write one?

“The rest is history in more ways than one. I went on to write biographies of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, J. Edgar Hoover, Nelson Mandela, Elvis Presley and Voices From Vietnam, an oral history of the war.

“Writing some of the first books in the Dear America series was a turning point in my career. Its popularity and the resulting readers’ letters made a great impression on me. This in turn inspired my writing and fueled my research. With my bookstore background and the help of numerous knowledgeable booksellers I am able to assemble an extensive bibliography on each topic I write.

“I think there’s an art to both writing and research. I’m a good writer but a better researcher.”

Something that has added greatly to Denenberg’s perspective on writing for young readers is his volunteer work as Director of Creative Writing and Library Services at the Waterside School in Stamford, Connecticut. Waterside, established in 2001, is an independent school dedicated to educating gifted children of the communities’ low-income families.

Aside from writing and teaching Denenberg’s interests include listening to music, reading , swimming, practicing yoga and spending time with his family.

Barry Denenberg lives in Bedford, New York with his wife and daughter.

Barry Denenberg

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Born
April 05 1940
Barry Denenberg is the critically acclaimed author of non-fiction and historical fiction. His historical fiction includes titles in the Dear America, My Name is America, and Royal Diaries series, many of which have been named NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People. His nonfiction books have covered a wide array of topics, from Anne Frank to Elvis Presley. After the publication of An American Hero: The True Story of Charles Lindburgh, Denenberg was interviewed for various documentaries including ABC’s “The Century.”

Denenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York and lived in Long Island, Binghamton, New York, and Palisades Park, New Jersey. “I was a serious reader from an early age and when I attended Boston University in 1968, majoring in history, I worked in a bookstore at night,” he says. “After college I was a book buyer for some fine, independent bookstores, some of the nation’s largest retail book chains and a marketing executive in publishing.

“At the age of forty I came to the startling realization that the glamorous world of power lunches, power politics, and power trips was not for me. I immediately went to work on the Great American Novel and was rescued when my future wife, Jean Feiwel made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Scholastic had received a biography of John F. Kennedy that they deemed unacceptable: would I like to try and write one?

“The rest is history in more ways than one. I went on to write biographies of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, J. Edgar Hoover, Nelson Mandela, Elvis Presley and Voices From Vietnam, an oral history of the war.

“Writing some of the first books in the Dear America series was a turning point in my career. Its popularity and the resulting readers’ letters made a great impression on me. This in turn inspired my writing and fueled my research. With my bookstore background and the help of numerous knowledgeable booksellers I am able to assemble an extensive bibliography on each topic I write.

“I think there’s an art to both writing and research. I’m a good writer but a better researcher.”

Something that has added greatly to Denenberg’s perspective on writing for young readers is his volunteer work as Director of Creative Writing and Library Services at the Waterside School in Stamford, Connecticut. Waterside, established in 2001, is an independent school dedicated to educating gifted children of the communities’ low-income families.

Aside from writing and teaching Denenberg’s interests include listening to music, reading , swimming, practicing yoga and spending time with his family.

Barry Denenberg lives in Bedford, New York with his wife and daughter.

Books from Barry Denenberg

So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847

3.7/5 ( ratings)

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941

3.8/5 ( ratings)

One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss

4/5 ( ratings)

Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, California, 1942

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Titanic Sinks!: Experience the Titanic's Doomed Voyage in this Unique Presentation of Fact and Fiction

4/5 ( ratings)

Nelson Mandela: No Easy Walk To Freedom

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered

4.2/5 ( ratings)

African American Collection (Grade 6 and Up): Story of Jackie Robinson; the Pharoh's Daughter; Moses in Egypt; Phillip Hall Likes Me; Tituba; Rebel Slaves; Bud, Not Buddy; Watsons Go to Birmingham

4.5/5 ( ratings)

An American Hero: The True Story of Charles a Lindbergh

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan--The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (Dear America)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

2 "Dear America" Books! 1) The Journal of William Thomas Emerson: A Revolutionary War Patriot : 2) The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Voices from Vietnam

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Ali: An American Champion

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Dear America: The Nation at War: The World War II Collection: Box Set

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Atticus of Rome 30 B.C. (Life and Times)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

3 Dear America" Books:1) Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Diary of Bess Brennan 2) So Far From Home: Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl 3) Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins: A World War II Soldier

4.5/5 ( ratings)
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