Hello!

My name is Emily Durant and I write children’s literature.

I live in Connecticut with my husband and son and I love those delicious hours between 4:30-6:30 am when they are both still sleeping and I can write at my desk with a cup of tea. 

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I'd like to thank the gentleman who walks down the sidewalk in front of my window every morning at 5:00 am on the way to work in wind, snow, or rain, and every. single. day. gives me a wave and a cheers with his coffee cup. When I get published, you can bet he’s going to get a signed copy of my book.

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I am a part-time hospital-based physical therapist and I work with a wide variety of medical-surgical, cardiac, and neurological patients. Some call it torture, I call it training. (Potato, Potahto). Along with lifting weights in my social-distancing-friendly home gym, I’m a regular at the rock-climbing gym and enjoy climbing outside as well (weather requirements: >65° F).

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My rhyming children's book "The Art of Staying Dry" recently won 1st place in the children’s book category of the Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association 2020 Literary Contest for Unpublished Work. See below for fancy-schmancy certificate.

Thanks for stopping by my page!

MY WORK

My style for children’s picture books is varied. I enjoy writing in both prose and rhyme, but rhyme is my passion! I want adults to enjoy reading my books as much as the child enjoys listening. My goal when starting any new work is to make sure the words I put down on the page are one or more of the following:

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Humorous

Heartfelt

Nature-oriented

Engaging

Entertaining

Relatable

Memorable

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BOOKS I LOVE!

Unstoppable

by Adam Rex

The Dragon and the Nibblesome Knight

by Elli Woollard

Still Stuck

by Shinsuki Yoshitake

The Book With No Pictures

by B.J. Novak

The Magic Finger

by Roald Dahl

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Famous Five

by Enid Blyton

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

My Absolute Darling

by Gabriel Tallent

Mr. Pudgins

by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen

The Redwall Series

by Brian Jacques

Last Child in the Woods

by Richard Louv

MEMBERSHIPS

PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS

MEMBERSHIPS

• Pacific Northwest Writers' Association (PNWA)

• Society for Children's Books Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)

• Julie Hedlund's 12x12 Picture Book Challenge

PUBLICATIONS

• "Frog Storm" La Joie journal. Summer 2021 (essay and children's poem)

• "Rethinking Rats" La Joie journal. Winter 2021 (essay)

HONORS & AWARDS

• Honorable Mention in Susanna Leonard Hill's 2021 Halloweensie contest

• "The Christmas Mouse" - Finalist in the children's book category of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association 2021 Literary Contest for Unpublished Work

• "The Art of Staying Dry" - First place in the children's book category of the Pacific Northwest Writers' Association 2020 Literary  Contest for Unpublished Work

CONTACT

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