Rose Kent

Rose Kent is a native Long Islander who spent her summers in the great state of Maine. She is a former naval officer who also worked for a major food corporation. Rose’s first middle-grade novel, Kimchi & Calamari (HarperCollins Publishers) was inspired by her adopted children from Korea. Kimchi & Calamari has been nominated for the NY Charlotte Award, the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Award, and the Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award.

Rocky Road, (Knopf Books) comes out in June 2010, and is set in an ice cream shop in Schenectady. Preview the book trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKtzyH-qN9w

Visit Rose Kent at www.RoseKent.com