Martha Brockenbrough Explained

Martha Brockenbrough
Birth Name:Martha Elizabeth Brockenbrough
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Stanford University

Martha Brockenbrough is an American author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Her first book, It Could Happen To You: Diary Of A Pregnancy and Beyond, was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2002. She is the founder of The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) and of National Grammar Day (observed in the United States since 2008).[1] [2]

Life

Brockenbrough was born in Seattle, Washington, and graduated in 1992 from Stanford University, where she studied Classics and English. She was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, the Stanford Daily.[3]

Career

Brockenbrough was editor of MSN.com[4] and was an educational humor columnist for Encarta.com before its demise in 2009.[5] She founded National Grammar Day in 2008.[6]

Writing awards

Brockenbrough's young adult novel The Game of Love and Death, published 2015, was a finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize,.[7] The book was selected as one of the Top 10 Romances for Youth by the American Library Association's publication, Booklist.[8] It is also a nominee for YALSA's Best Books For Young Adults in 2016.[9] It was listed as one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015,[10] and won the 2016 Washington State Book Awards in the category Books For Young Adults.[11]

In spring 2016, The Discovery Channel published Brockenbrough's Shark Week: Everything You Need to Know. Publishers Weekly recommended the book to young readers.[12]

Prior to The Game of Love and Death, Brockenbrough wrote Devine Intervention, a Kirkus Reviews Top 100 Books for Teens selection in 2012,[13] and was selected by the Kansas State Reading Circle.[14] It also won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association book award for 2016.[15]

Bibliography

Fiction

Non-fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Grammar Day. Quick and Dirty Tips. 16 May 2023 .
  2. McIntyre, John. "Prepare yourself for National Grammar Day", The Baltimore Sun, February 27, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  3. Web site: The Stanford Daily 29 January 1992 — The Stanford Daily. stanforddailyarchive.com.
  4. Web site: Martha Brockenbrough Joins MWW15 Faculty. Midwest Writers. Midwest Writer's Workshop. 13 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Martha Brockenbrough. Macmillan Publishers.
  6. The imperatives of National Grammar Day. The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor. 2 March 2013.
  7. News: In Sophomore Year, Kirkus Prize Features An Eclectic Mix Of Finalists. NPR.org. 30 September 2015. 2015-10-19. Dwyer. Colin.
  8. Book: Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth: 2015, by Ilene Cooper - Booklist Online. booklistonline.com.
  9. Web site: BFYA Nominations. ala.org.
  10. Web site: Best Books of 2015 Publishers Weekly. PublishersWeekly.com. 2015-10-30.
  11. Web site: Books For Young Adults 2016 Seattle Public Library. spl.org. 2016-10-09.
  12. Web site: Shark Week:Everything You Need to Know. PublishersWeekly.com. 2016-05-31.
  13. Best Children's Books of 2012. Kirkus Reviews. 29 October 2015.
  14. Web site: KNEA - RCC Item . www.knea.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008205501/http://www.knea.org/home/rccitem.htm?rccitemid=2825 . 2015-10-08.
  15. Web site: 2016 Book Awards.
  16. News: Carpenter. Susan. Review: 'Devine Intervention' shows there's life in afterlife. 29 October 2015. Los Angeles Times. 11 June 2012.
  17. The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy. Booklist. 29 October 2015.
  18. Game of Love and Death. Booklist.
  19. Martha Brockenbrough's The Game of Love and Death. Kirkus Reviews. 3 February 2015. 29 October 2015.
  20. Game of Love and Death. Scholastic. 29 October 2015.
  21. Web site: Between the Lines » 2014 » November. wa.gov.
  22. News: SLJ. Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary by Martha Brockenbrough . 5 September 2017. School Library Journal. 5 September 2017.
  23. News: Unpresidented Martha Brockenbrough Macmillan. US Macmillan. 2018-09-11. en-US.

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