Richard Michelson

RICHARD MICHELSON’s many books for children, teens, and adults, have been named among the 10 Best of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker.; and among the Best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon. Michelson has received a National Jewish Book Award (and twice been a finalist), two Sydney Taylor Gold Medals (and two silver) from the Association of Jewish Libraries, two Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowships, and his work was chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. A native of East New York, Brooklyn, Michelson served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, where he hosts Northampton Poetry Radio, and owns R. Michelson Galleries.