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Joseph Monninger

Joseph Monninger
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Joseph Monninger

Joseph Monninger has published several award-winning YA novels and three books of nonfiction, including the memoir Home Waters, and has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships. He lives and teaches in New Hampshire, where he also... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. What you lose in the whirlygig, you get back in the ding dong.
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My life in 8 words: "Family, dogs, land, woods, rivers, fish, fire, words."
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The World As We Know It will be released on October 11, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 11, 2011
The World As We Know It is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Oct 11, 2011
The World As We Know It will be released on October 11, 2011 in eBook
Oct 11, 2011
The World As We Know It is now available in eBook
Oct 11, 2011
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Eternal on the Water is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Eternal on the Water will be released on February 16, 2010 in Trade Paperback, eBook
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Joseph Monninger Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. What you lose in the whirlygig, you get back in the ding dong. Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. I've always wondered what it would have been like to have been an indigenous member of a group in, say, Hawaii before it was discovered by Europeans. Or Fiji. Or California and Oregon. It seems like it would have been a wonderful way of living. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. When people are late. Drives me crazy. Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be? A. Marshmallow Fluff. Q. What’s your greatest fear? A. I don't know that I have a "greatest" fear, but I've always had the idea that one day a shark would get me. Not sure why. Crazy, probably. Learn more about Joseph Monninger

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Kirkus Reviews, November 28, 2011
...But an ailing horse isn't the only reason to escape from their small New Hampshire town in Joseph Monninger's Finding Somewhere. As they put the miles between themselves and their families, both girls begin to realize that life is a series of beginnings...
Foster's Daily Democrat, November 16, 2011
...Cascom Mountain · Deborah Brown of Warner, Outstanding Book of Poetry, for Walking the Dog’s Shadow · Joseph Monninger of Warren, Outstanding Children’s Literature, for Wish · Meg Heckman of Concord, Donald M. Murray Award for Outstanding...
Hampton Union, November 13, 2011
...?Down from Cascom Mountain?? Deborah Brown of Warner, Outstanding Book of Poetry, for ?Walking the Dog's Shadow?? Joseph Monninger of Warren, Outstanding Children's Literature, for ?Wish?? Meg Heckman of Concord, Donald M. Murray Award for Outstanding...
Portsmouth Herald, November 11, 2011
...?Down from Cascom Mountain?? Deborah Brown of Warner, Outstanding Book of Poetry, for ?Walking the Dog's Shadow?? Joseph Monninger of Warren, Outstanding Children's Literature, for ?Wish?? Meg Heckman of Concord, Donald M. Murray Award for Outstanding...
Foster's Daily Democrat, October 26, 2011
...It Fall, MaryAnn Cocca-Leffler; The Memory Bank, Carolyn Coman; The Penny, Andy Cutts; Jigsaw, Terri DeMitchell, and Wish, Joseph Monninger Outstanding Book of Nonfiction: States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees, Edie Clark; Beyond the Notches:...
Foster's Daily Democrat, October 4, 2011
...literature: Maryann Cocoa-Leffler, Let It Fall; Terri DeMitchell, Jigsaw; Carolyn Coman, The Memory Bank; Andy Cutts, The Penny; Joseph Monninger, Wish; Janet Morneau, The Gator Pit; David S. Rawding, Lucas the Traveling Crab; and John-Richard Thompson,...
Winston-Salem Journal, July 17, 2011
...for summertime. "Lexie," by Audrey Couloumbis. Ages 9 to 12. Random House, $15.99. "Wish," by Joseph Monninger. Ages 10 and older. Random House, $17.99. "Dogtag Summer," by Elizabeth Partridge. Ages 11 and older. Bloomsbury, $16.99. "Lost Voices," by...
Just Another New Blog, October 13, 2011
...Home blog tour, books, review, romance #Book Review and Blog Tour: The World As We Know It by Joseph Monninger #Book Review and Blog Tour: The World As We Know It by Joseph Monninger Thursday, October 13, 2011 Posted by Dina Book DescriptionOn an early...
A Sea of Books, September 26, 2011
... Mailbox Monday, created by Marcia of A Girl and Her Books (f/k/a The Printed Page, is being hosted this month by Leah at Amused By Books. If you'd like to join in, stop by Leah's and leave a link - or just browse through the comments to see what new...
Cerebral Girl in a Redneck World, May 9, 2011
...became pleasure, as his sensuous touch awakened her to the ecstasies of love... Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger From the day Cobb and Mary meet kayaking on Maine's Allagash River and fall deeply in love, the two approach life with the same sense...