Not that she would be stopping by this blog, but I would just like to say Congratulations to Katherine Paterson on her appointment. She becomes national ambassador for young people’s literature today. You can read the article in the New York Times here.
I did hear Katherine Paterson speak, once, at the New York Public Library. Perhaps she was winning some award, I don’t recall. I sat beside Charlotte Zolotow, so it was already a great evening before Katherine Paterson stepped up to the podium, but when she did, she spoke about the nature of the human heart. I was so moved, I’m sure I ran all the way home to my dinky studio apartment and wrote everything down. “Dear Diary; Katherine Paterson is totally awesome!!!”
She totally is.
