Jean Letai
I've enjoyed sky-diving, hang-gliding, and short-track speedskating, but I'm always thrilled to plant two feet on the floor under my writing desk (especially with a warm cup of cocoa). Focusing on sports, music, history and adventure, my picture books and novels offer mindful insight to resilience, voice, and identity. I strive to encourage young readers to move through uncertainty with confidence, seek strength in community, and dare to take up space in their own stories.
My work has been published in WBUR Cognoscenti, the Boston Globe, LA Times, Japan Times, and Princeton Alumni Weekly, as well as Friends and Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children.
When I'm not reading, writing, or open-water swimming, you can find me walking my two dogs Charlotte and Wilbur (thank you, E.B. White!) and rooting for the cancer research my husband and best friend does for a living. I am also the proud mama of three fascinating young adults -- a Geneticist, a Ghost Tour Guide, and a two-time Winter Olympian.
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