Awards and Recognition for Riding the Bus with My Sister:
• School Library Journal Best Nonfiction of 2003
• Secretary Tommy G. Thompson Recognition Award for Contributions to the Field of Disability from the US Department of Health and Human Services
• TASH Image Award for positive portrayals of people with disabilities
• Media Access Award from California Governor's Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities
• Selection of numerous One Community-One Book programs nationwide

Additional Honors:
• The only author to have been selected twice for the Barnes & Nobel Discover New Writers Award
• Creative Writing Fellowship recipient from the Delaware Division of the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, and the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation
• Adaptations of stories and books have been produced by the NPR program “Selected Shorts”; the Lifetime television series “The Hidden Room”; the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia; and Hallmark Hall of Fame

Interviews
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