Long ago, Donna Janell Bowman was a horse-crazy kid on a Central Texas ranch. She scooped poop, filled food and water buckets, trained for horse shows, snuck stray animals into the barn, annoyed her older brother, and checked out as many books as possible from a bookmobile. She was quite a multi-tasker. She was also a budding writer smitten with the power of words and stories.
Today, an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts hangs on her wall. She writes books about fascinating lost history, inspiring people, and picture books and novels that tug at the heart or cause spontaneous giggle-snorts. She even has a snazzy official bio that looks like this:
Donna Janell Bowman is the author of many books for young readers, including Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills, a collaboration with Olympian Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota). Other titles include Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness; Abraham Lincoln’s Dueling Words; King of the Tightrope: When the
Great Blondin Ruled Niagara; and others.
Donna’s books have garnered such accolades as starred reviews, state book awards, a Robert F. Sibert Award Honor from American Library Association (ALA), and additional awards and honors from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and Texas Library Association (TLA). Her books have also been named to Best-of-the-Year lists, recommended by Oprah Daily and other publications, and featured at the National Book Festival.
When not writing, Donna enjoys speaking at schools and teaching adult writers.
Visit with Donna on her personal website.
Donna is proudly represented by Agent, Carter Hasegawa (carter@tugeau2.com).