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Our Mentors

Kip Wilson
Kip Wilson is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Young Adult
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Kip Wilson
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Kip Wilson is the author of White Rose, a YA novel-in-verse about anti-Nazi political activist Sophie Scholl. Kip holds a Ph.D. in German Literature, is the poetry editor at YARN (Young Adult Review Network), and wrote her doctoral dissertation about the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. She’s lived in Germany, Austria, and Spain, and currently calls Boston home.

Favorite Books

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Years Mentored
2016, 2017