Steve Sheinkin biography

Steve Sheinkin Biography

Steve Sheinkin was born in Brooklyn, NY, and his family lived in Mississippi and Colorado before moving back to New York and settling in the suburbs north of New York City. He went to Syracuse University where he studied communications and international relations. While he was there he spent a summer in Central America, where he worked on a documentary on the streets of Nicaragua. After graduating he moved to Washington, D.C., working for the National Audubon Society, before joining his brother in Austin, Texas, where they collaborated as screenwriters. After releasing their own movie he moved once again, settling in Brooklyn, NY where he began a new career editing and later writing.

Steve is the author of fast-paced, cinematic nonfiction histories, including Fallout, Undefeated, Born to Fly, The Port Chicago 50, and Bomb. His accolades include a Newbery Honor, three Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards, a Sibert Medal and Honor, and three National Book Award finalist honors. He now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York, with his wife and two children.

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