Barbara Dana

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<p>Author, playwright, and actor Barbara Dana spent over a decade researching Emily Dickinson for this book. Her award-winning books for children include <em>Zucchini</em> and <em>Young Joan</em>, a novel based on the girlhood of Joan of Arc. She is also the coeditor of <em>Wider Than the Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson</em> for adults. Ms. Dana has three grown sons. She lives in South Salem, New York, with her yellow lab, Riley.</p>