Watt Key

Watt Key

Albert Watkins Key, Jr., publishing under the name Watt Key, is an award-winning southern fiction author. A resident of Alabama, his debut novel "Alabama Moon" was published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux in 2006 and was the 2007 winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award for older readers. It received a 2006 Parents' Choice Award. [ [http://parentschoice.org/product.cfm?product_id=21472&award=AW&from=Award%20Winners%20:%20Fiction&urllist=21472,21642,21487,21615,21676,21616,21582,21674,21675,21667,21452&fromurl=get_direct_level.cfm?cat=c_fic&award=AW&awdyr=2006&awdse=b&product_code=p_boo Alabama Moon] , Parents Choice. Retrieved 2008-08-05.] Key says that growing up relatively isolated in Point Clear, Alabama, a rural area, inspired him to develop his imagination in a way that lead to his decision to write. [Paddock, Jennifer. (June 26 2007) [http://gardenandgun.com/stories/city_portrait/writers_in_residence-37 Writers in residence] "Garden & Gun Magazine". Retrieved 2008-08-05.]

References

Further reading

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1D9153FF932A25751C0A9619C8B63&n=Top%2FFeatures%2FBooks%2FBook%20Reviews Book review] , "The New York Times"
* [http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1798884 Book review] , "Booklist" Online
* [http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/books/060730/book2.shtml Book review] , "Decatur Daily"

External links

* [http://www.wattkey.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.abfc.com/ebwhite.html Award entry] , Association of Booksellers for Children.


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