Tag Archives: Nellie Bly

The Race Around the World

Posted on March 19, 2026 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, this time with a post in honor of Women’s History Month. For once I will not be writing about a sixteenth-century woman. Way back in 1988, after I had written a middle-grades biography of journalist … Continue reading →

Posted in Kaitlyn's Posts | Tagged Around the World in Eighty Days, biographies for young readers, Elizabeth Bisland, Jules Verne, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Nellie Bly, Women's History Month | 6 Comments

Reading (and Writing) Biographies

Posted on October 14, 2022 by kaitlynkathy

Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, today writing about reading (and writing) biographies. Like most girls of my generation, I grew up reading girls’ adventure/mystery series (Beverly Gray and Judy Bolton were my favorites, along with Nancy Drew and the rest), … Continue reading →