Marybeth lorbiecki biography of martin

          Marybeth Lorbiecki has a deep love of history, literature, and the ecological and natural sciences....

          Lorbiecki, Marybeth 1959–

          Personal

          Born August 3, 1959, in Nüremberg, Germany; daughter of Rudolph John (a dentist) and Marilyn (a medical technician; maiden name, Schneider) Lorbiecki; married David Peter Mataya (a creative director and illustrator), November 24, 1990; children: Nadja Marie, Mirjiana, Dmitri Peter.

          Marybeth Lorbiecki is an award-winning author whose themes explore our relationships to each other, to the natural world of which we are a part, and to God.

        1. A young white batboy treats Jackie Robinson differently than the other, white, members of the Brooklyn Dodgers—and so does everyone else.
        2. Marybeth Lorbiecki has a deep love of history, literature, and the ecological and natural sciences.
        3. Marybeth Lorbiecki ; 1) Paul Bunyan's sweetheart ; 2) Escaping Titanic: a young girl's true story of survival ; 3) The prairie that nature built ; 4) Welcome to.
        4. Written by MaryBeth Lorbiecki, Sister Anne's Hands, is set in the s.

          5. Education: College of St. Catherine (St. Paul, MN), B.A. (English), 1981; Mankato State University, M.A. (English literature), 1985; University of Essex, postgraduate study in philosophy, 1985–86.

          Addresses

          Home—Hudson, WI.

          Office—c/o Publicity Director, Dial Books for Young Readers, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014.

          Career

          Freelance writer, editor, teacher, and speaker. Marycrest High School, Denver, CO, theology teacher, 1982–83; Mankato State University, Mankato, MN, composition instructor, 1983–85; Carbil Communications, Inc., Roseville, MN, marketing copy director, 1986–88; Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, children's book editor and author, 19