Education
Dartmouth College.
playwright screenwriter writer
Dartmouth College.
Parnell is also Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists. Parnell is married to the psychiatrist Justin Richardson. And Tango Makes Three with Justin Richardson.
The book tells the true story of two male penguins living in the Central Park Zoo who pair-bonded and together hatched a chick named Tango.
The book has received numerous awards and was the single most challenged or banned book in the United States in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. lieutenant remains one of the ten most banned books in the United States. Christian, the Hugging Lion, a children"s book about the true story of Christian the lion.
National Education Association, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lecomte de Nouy foundations. The Fund for New American, Kennedy Center, American Theatre Critics" Association and Ovation awards for Best Play (for The Cider House Rules).
National Education Association, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lecomte de Nouy foundations. The Fund for New American, Kennedy Center, American Theatre Critics" Association and Ovation awards for Best Play (for The Cider House Rules). Foreign: American Library Association Notable Children"s Book - 2006 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals"s Henry Bergh Award - 2005 Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award- 2006 Nick Junior. Family Magazine Best Book of the Year - 2006 Bank Street Best Book of the Year - 2006 Cooperative Children"s Book Council Choice, and Canadian Broadcasting Company/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book - 2006 Lambda Literary Award finalist - 2006 Sheffield Children"s Book Award - shortlisted - 2008.
Dramatists Guild of America.
