front and center by catherine gilbert murdock

Murdock's career as a writer was not productive until she published her first book, Dairy Queen, in 2006. Murdock published her dissertation titled 'Domestic Drink: Women, Men and Alcohol in America, 1879-1940' in 1998.

After graduating from Bryn Mawr in 1988, Murdock went on to the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her Ph. When she entered into high school, she tossed away the idea of becoming a writer along with her pen name.Īfter finishing high school, Murdock entered Bryn Mawr College, a woman's liberal arts school.

In fifth grade, she decided that her pen name would be Gwen Tucker, because she thought the name was romantic. Growing up, Murdock wanted to be a writer. To this day, she said that she 'sees on her shelf every couple years and pull it down and read the last 150 pages because it is just so good' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014). Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and Richard Adams' Watership Down. Murdock had a lot of favorite books as a child, but two stood out to her: C. Elizabeth is now the famous author of Eat, Pray, Love. While Murdock was the empress of the Young Adult (YA) section of their library, her sister Elizabeth was considered the writer in the family. The young Gilbert sisters found other ways to entertain themselves. The family had one television that received only two channels and needed to be cooled down every forty-five minutes. Her parents worked as a chemical engineer and a nurse. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and two children.Catherine Gilbert Murdock grew up on a Christmas tree farm in rural Litchfield, Connecticut, with her parents, her sister, Elizabeth, a few goats, and honey bees. In 2011 she appeared in and served as a program advisor for Prohibition on PBS. In 2018, she published a middle-grade novel called The Book of Boy, which was a Newbery Honor book. Other books include Princess Ben: Being a Wholly Truthful Account of Her Various Discoveries and Misadventures, Recounted to the Best of Her Recollection, in Four Parts (2008), and Wisdom's Kiss: A Thrilling and Romantic Adventure, Incorporating Magic, Villainy and a Cat (2011). Her 2013 book Heaven Is Paved with Oreos is set in the same world and features some of the same characters. Her first young adult novel was Dairy Queen (2006), which was followed by two sequels: The Off Season (2007) and Front and Center (2009). Murdock's first published book was her dissertation from the University of Pennsylvania, published three years after she graduated as Domesticating Drink: Women, Men and Alcohol in Prohibition America. In 1998, she earned a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. She attended Bryn Mawr College, where she studied Growth and Structure of Cities and graduated in 1988.

Front and center by catherine gilbert murdock