Victoria Crenson

Background

Mrs. Crenson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, on April 19, 1952. She was a daughter of Gus (an educator) and Charlotte (a press officer with the Social Security Administration; maiden name, Pasche) Crenson.

Education

In 1974 Victoria Crenson became a graduate of Washington College with Bachelor of Arts degree.

Career

Mrs. Crenson is known to work as a freelance writer and editor. She has worked variously as a researcher for a human ecologist, as a short-order cook, a bookstore manager, a maintenance worker, a consignment shop owner, and a volunteer at a legal advice hotline for women.

Victoria Crenson worked as a children’s book editor Craft World International, New Windsor, MD. She was an associate editor for Ceramics Scope, Los Angeles, CA. Mrs. Crenson also served at Coalition to Preserve Oregon Ridge, Inc. as a writer and print production coordinator. From 1986 to 1995 held the positions of newsletter editor, director, vice president, and scholarship committee chair at Victoria Crenson Oregon Ridge Nature Center Council. She was a member of Children’s Literature advisory committee and InPrint Group.

Also creator of text and activities for three children’s multimedia series, Imaginengine Corp., Mountain View, CA; writer of scripts for children’s television series The Foxes’ Den, Uffington Productions, Baltimore, MD.

Achievements

• Victoria Crenson is widely known due to her numerous works and her public activity.

Works

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  • Thinking (A Troll Question Book)

    (Uses a question and answer format to explain such things ...)

  • Bay Shore Park: The Death and Life of an Amusement Park

    (Describes the transformation of Bay Shore amusement park,...)

  • Horseshoe Crabs and Shorebirds: The Story of a Foodweb

    (Each spring, hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs cra...)

  • The Healthclub Ghost (The Real Ghostbusters Pop-Up)

    (The Ghostbusters--Ray, Pete, and Egon--come to the rescue...)

  • The Birthday Ghost (The Real Ghostbusters Pop-Up)

    (Billy calls in the Real Ghostbusters to get rid of the gh...)

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Adventure in Courage (Pop-Up Book)

    (Pop-up pages trace the life of the civil rights leader)

  • Walt Disney's Song of the South

    (vintage disney Songs of the south, very hard to find.)

  • The How and Why Sticker Book of Snakes

    (Book by James Seward)

  • The How and Why Sticker Book of Prehistoric Life

• Other Work

  • George Washington: An Adventure in Courage (Pop-Up Book)

    (Pop-up pages trace the life of the first president of the...)

Views

Quotations: Mrs. Crenson views the story of Bay Shore Park as a testament to nature’s persistence. "A lot of children feel that the planet is loused up, that it will never recover from the degradation," she explained to Robert A. Erlandson of the Baltimore Sun. "I wanted to show what happens when you keep your hands off — nature will reclaim it."

Membership

• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators , United States

• Editorial Freelancers Association , United States

• Audubon Society , United States

• Center for Children’s Environmental Literature , United States

• Coalition to Preserve Black Marsh , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• In a review for the Baltimore Sun, Molly Dunham Glassman noted that "Barnard’s delicate paintings enhance the descriptive text" and praised Crenson’s "eye for detail."

Connections

Mrs. Crenson married Thomas Loizeaux (a cinematographer) on May 28, 1977. They have two children: Lily, Jeffrey.

Father:

Gus Crenson

Mother:

Charlotte (Pasche) Crenson

husband:

Thomas Loizeaux

Daughter:

Lily Loizeaux

Son:

Jeffrey Loizeaux