Michael Wenberg

Michael Wenberg
Occupation	Author, CEO
Nationality	American
Genres	Young Adult Fiction,
Notable work(s)	Seattle Blues, Elizabeth's Song, Stringz
michaelwenberg.com

Michael Wenberg (born March 1956) is an young adult author from Spokane, Washington. He currently resides in Walla Walla, Washington with his wife Sandy, son Luke and is the CEO of the Walla Walla Symphony. Wenberg has attended Seattle Pacific University and Eastern Washington University and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Gonzaga University. A highly regarded speaker in elementary schools, Wenberg uses his trombone-playing to introduce children to his stories, reading, writing, and music.

Published books

• Elizabeth's Song is a picture book of the inspiring true-life story of Elizabeth Cotten, the legendary African American folk-singer and songwriter, who wrote the folk classic, "Freight Train" when she was just eleven years old.
• Seattle Blues is a story of a thirteen-year-old African-American girl that is sent away to Seattle, Washington for the summer, she doesn't know what to expect. She's been sentenced to spend her entire summer vacation with a stranger-—her grandma. Before the summer is out, she'll make a few unusual friends and stumble across a treasure, a trombone once played by a long dead and forgotten grandpa. She'll also discover that she shares more in common with her grandma than she ever imagined.
• Stringz is the story of a fourteen-year-old African-American boy, Jace, that has moved to Seattle, WA from the California coast. He plays the cello, loves to surf and seems to find trouble in all the wrong places at his new school. Jace eventually realizes that talent isn't something to hide or be ashamed of, and discovers that he has "family" in some of the most unexpected places.

Awards

2004 Elizabeth's Song nominee for the Kentucky Bluegrass Award

2009 Seattle Blues The Flamingnet Top Choice Award winning teen novel published by Westside Books

2010 Seattle Blues Selected a Best Book of the Year in the 12 - 14 age group by Bank Street School of Education.

References

• [1] Michael Wenberg Website

External links

• [2] The Official Michael Wenberg Website
• [3] Westside Books Official Website

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Name	Wenberg, Michael
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Date of birth	1956
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