Valerie Tripp

Valerie Tripp

Valerie Tripp (born 1951) is a children's book author. Tripp is best know for her work with the American Girl series.

Biography

She grew up in Mount Kisco,New York with three sisters [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501772_pf.html A Writer of Doll Stories Beckons Girls to Books ] ] .She is a reading expert with a Reading Master’s of Education degree from Harvard University. Since 1985 she has lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her husband teaches history at Montgomery College [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501772_pf.html A Writer of Doll Stories Beckons Girls to Books ] ] .

Career

She has been a writer for reading textbooks for three decades.

Tripp is best know for her work with the American Girl series.She wrote all the books in the Felicity, Josefina, Kit, and Molly series; and three of the books in the Samantha series. She has also written all the "Best Friends" stories so far. She has created many characters, and the American Girl films have all been based on her characters.

External links

* [http://www.americangirlpublishing.com/authors/valerietripp.aspx Picture of Tripp] @ American Girl Publishing

References


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