Education
She attended Blessed Sacrament elementary school, and later graduated from Newman University in 1987.
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Clare Vanderpool
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Career
Her book "Navigating Early" was named a 2014 Printz Honor Book. Clare decided she wanted to be a writer in the fifth grade, and realized her childhood dream at the age of 45 when her first book was published. As a young adult in the late 80s and early 90s she worked for the local Catholic diocese as Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, where she was known as a lovable goof.
She has college degrees of English and elementary education.
She also has six kids
Her maternal grandparents lived in Frontenac, Kansas, which provides the backdrop for the fictional town of Manifest in her first novel.
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Membership
Clare is a member of the Society of Children"s Book Writers and Illustrators.
