Ann Jacobus Kordahl
Author and Writing Instructor
- Role
- Writing Instructor at Stanford Continuing Studies
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ann Jacobus Kordahl
Writer: Young adult (YA) and middle-grade fiction, essays, articles under the name ANN JACOBUS. Author of YA novel, THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT, from Carolrhoda Lab/Lerner Publishing Group and YA thriller, ROMANCING THE DARK IN THE CITY OF LIGHT, from Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin\'s Griffin/Macmillan Winner of the 2016 Housatonic Book Award for Young Adult and Middle-Grade Fiction. Crowd-funded, self-published, and promoted middle-grade novel LILY LO AND THE WONTON MAKER (2018) by the late Frances Lee Hall with all proceeds going to her daughter\'s education fund. Represented by Erzsi Deàk at HEN & INK LITERARY. Teaching: Writing workshops at the graduate and undergraduate level, classes, and mentorships for children and adults.\"Building a Young Adult Novel: Plot and Structure as the Blueprint of Your Story\" for Stanford Continuing Studies (Fall \'21 and \'22) Speaker/Presenter on writing for young readers, as well as mental health in children\'s and YA literature at writers\' conferences, high schools, and universities, including American Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conferences, the University of British Columbia Graduate Research Conference on Children\'s Literature and Cultural Texts. Vancouver, BC, Canada-The Kay B. Faigler Annual Children\'s Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi School of Library and Information Science, Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing residency, Western Connecticut State University MFA in Professional Writing Program, San Mateo Public Library YANovCon, SCBWI events, and conferences, etc. Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators,(SCBWI) member since and former Regional Advisor for SCBWI France. Member of the Author\'s Guild, the American Library Association, the American Association of Suicidology.
Experience
Writing Instructor
Jul 2021 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US
Ten-week course \"Building a YA Novel: Plot and Structure as the Blueprint of Your Story.\"September -December 2021, 2022
Education
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Writing for Children and Young Adults
2005 — 2007
Dartmouth College
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Art History (Honors), French
1978 — 1981
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