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Born in Ames, IA. Education: Oberlin College, B.A. (English); attended Oxford University.
Sarah L. Thomson attended college in Oberlin, Ohio.

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Art Does Not Exist Without Creators

Posted by Sarah L. Thomson on Dec 5, 2024 in Writing Process | 0 comments

“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.”

That says it all, really. Music, visual art, and the written word do not simple exist–they are created. Creators deserved to be paid and acknowledge for their work, something generative AI entirely fails to do.

If you are a writer, composter, illustrator, or another professional concerned with the creation of art in any form, please review and sign this petition. If you are a reader, listener, viewer, or someone who cares about living in a society that values and encourages creation, please read and learn more about what makes AI possible and why it’s a problem for writers like me.

New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2024

Posted by Sarah L. Thomson on Nov 21, 2024 in Children's Literature, Illustration | 0 comments

Enjoy, revel, smile, and feel your

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Thomson, Sarah L.

Personal

Born in Ames, IA. Education:Oberlin College, B.A. (English); attended Oxford University.

Addresses

Home—Portland, ME. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Writer and editor. HarperCollins Children's Books, New York, NY, former senior editor; Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, former editor; freelance writer, beginning c. 2001.

Awards, Honors

Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year designation, and Cooperative Children's Book Council Choice designation, both 2001, both for The Dragon's Son; Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year designation, 2003, for Imagine a Night, and 2005, for Amazing Gorillas; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, 2005, for Tigers.

Writings

FICTION

The Dragon's Son (stories; based on the Mabinogion), Orchard Books (New York, NY), 2001.

Imagine a Night, illustrated by Rob Gonsalves, Atheneum (New York, NY), 2003.

(Adaptor) The Nutcracker (based on the play by E.T.A. Hoffmann), Seastar Books (New York, NY), 2003.

(Adaptor) Fritz Lieber, Gonna Roll the Bones,

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About

Author Sarah L. Thomson

“One does not write for children. One writes so that children can understand. Which means writing as clearly, vividly, and truthfully as possible.” – Leon Garfield

I grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and Madison, Wisconsin…but only partly. Sometime around the age of six or seven, I plunged into a book and never really came up for air. Oh, I went to school, walked my dog, loved my family…but I grew up as much in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth and Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain, Charlotte Bronte’s stormy moors and Jane Austen’s elegant drawing rooms, as I did in the Midwest suburbs.

I went off to college in Oberlin, Ohio, where I read as much medieval literature as they would let me. I also spent my junior year at Oxford, learned to read Old English, and was allowed to touch a twelfth century manuscript with my (GULP!) bare hands. After I graduated, I headed for New York and a job in publishing.  I spent ten years there, finally becoming a senior editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books. A little while after my first