{"product_id":"the-strange-birds-of-flannery-oconnor-a-life-hardcover","title":"The Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor: A Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Alznauer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePing Zhu\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for a 2021 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award\u003cbr\u003eFeatured in 2021 Society of Illustrators Original Art Exhibition\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 Book All Young Georgians Should Read\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2020 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Honor Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs. -- Flannery O'Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she was young, the writer Flannery O'Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She would watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the local news, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life. But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor\u003c\/i\u003e explores the beginnings of one author's lifelong obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Alznauer\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Chicago with her husband, two children, a dog, a parakeet, sometimes chicks, and a part-time fish, but, as of today, no elephants or peacocks. Check back.\u003cbr\u003e Her writing has won the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, the Christopher Award, and the SCBWI-Illinois Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship, and her essays and poetry have appeared in collections and literary journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Bellingham Review, Creative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiver Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. She teaches calculus and number theory classes at Northwestern University. She is the managing editor for the SCBWI-IL \u003ci\u003ePrairie Wind\u003c\/i\u003e. And she is the writer-in-residence at St. Gregory the Great, where she has a little office in a big building with a bad internet connection, so she actually gets some work done (in theory).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePing Zhu\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance illustrator who has worked with clients big and small, won some awards based on the work she did for aforementioned clients, attracted new clients with shiny awards, and is hoping to maintain her livelihood in Brooklyn by repeating that cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 12.2 x 12.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771125661984,"sku":"9781592702954","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4850397252e8089c8710f80f038c5fdf.webp?v=1780382742","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-strange-birds-of-flannery-oconnor-a-life-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}