Medical Mysteries, YA Eco Mysteries, Memoirs & Novels
EVENTSJust published
The Nine Inheritors
The Extraordinary Odyssey of a Family and Their Ancient Torah Scroll
A Novel by Claire Datnow
* Book Party, Reading & Discussion. Wednesday, February 15, 2012. 1-3 pm, Little Professor Book Store, 2717 18th Street South, Homewood, Alabama
* Book Talk and Discussion. Wednesday, February 8, 2012, Levite Jewish Community Center, Montclair Rd, 1p.m. in the boardroom.
* Read-A-Thon Friday, March 3, Berry Middle School, 12-1 p.m.
* AAUW Book Discussion, Friday March 3, 10:30-11:30 p.m.
* Talk about South Africa, Thursday, February 16, Spain Park High School, library.
* “Interesting Lives,” Saturday, March 3,Temple Beth-El, 10.00 in the morning.
* “The Amazing Cahaba Lilly,” Monday, April 2, 2012, 7 p.m.Greystone Farms Garden Club, Greystone Farms, Clubhouse.
Author Presentations for School Visits, Conferences and
In-Service Training
Claire is available for author presentations at libraries, bookstores, elementary, and middle schools free of charge. This applies to events within 30 miles of Birmingham, Alabama. I am available for events farther away if travel costs are reimbursed.
“Visits” with Claire via Skype are also offered for free.
Presentation Topics
* Bringing Books to Life! Claire leads her audiences on a fascinating journey that integrates technological innovation, ecology and writing. Claire demonstrate how innovative new technology transports readers from the printed page to video clips, to allow readers to see and hear what the characters in the story are seeing and hearing. Wow! How? To see how please view a two-minute video clip at:
Media Mint Publishing
* How to Write an Eco Mystery: A highly interactive, hands-on presentation, illustrated with photos and videos. Using examples from The Adventures of The Sizzling Six series, Claire guides students through the process of writing their own eco mysteries, illustrating how to weave scientific principles into the stories to help characters solve ecology mysteries, and then how to take action to resolve them.
- Reading and Q&A Forum: Claire reads selections from The Adventures of The Sizzling Six series and take questions. She passes out ringer questions with humorous answers to the audience in advance. Particularly appropriate to bookstores, short library programs, or ecology clubs.
How to Schedule a Presentation
Email Claire at: cldatnow@me.com. If you'd like to discuss a presentation on the phone, let her know and she'll email back telephone numbers where she can be reached.
How to Prepare for a Presentation:
It is preferable for participants to have an opportunity to buy or check out a copy of The Adventures of The Sizzling Six before the author arrives. Make sure everyone on your team knows about and promotes the presentation. English teachers, Earth Sciences teachers, school librarians, administrators, public librarians and booksellers can all contribute to making it a successful visit. You can order books from your local bookseller, or through Amazon.com and other on-line booksellers. I can provide books at signings myself.
Links to the author’s curriculum guides and related activities will be provided.
Reviews and Testimonials:
A superb ending that kids will love. A well researched and balanced presentation, grounded in solid facts and real conservation issues that educates and engages the young adult reader.
Cleo Lackey, Media Specialist, Brookwood Forest Elementary School.
The way you wove lessons in ecology, economics, civics, group dynamics, and growing up into a good read accessible—no, engaging—to younger readers, is inspiring. You have developed the skill of making clarity from complexity.
George Terrian, environmental architect
Claire’s presentations are truly engaging and highly interactive. By the time she left we had a room full of students eager to try their hand at writing their own eco mysteries.
Karen Kapp, Director, Birmingham Better Basics
Meet Claire Datnow
Claire says, “Being an author is special because you get to create worlds in which your feelings, experiences, adventures and dreams come alive.”
Claire Klein Datnow was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her first published worked appeared in the Johannesburg daily newspaper, promoting the cause of game preservation. She was surprised by the twenty rand (about $50.00) she received for the article, which made an entire page with a handsome picture of the rhino photographed by her husband. Her books for middle schoolers include The Adventures of the Sizzling Six, eco mystery series, American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers, and Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies. Claire taught creative writing to gifted and talented students, and now writes full time. She is the proud grandmother of six precious and beautiful granddaughters. She and her husband live and pursue their avocations—nature and travel photography and videography—on a mountaintop in Birmingham, Alabama.
