Portland writer finalist for Howe award

Portland Press Herald (Maine) | May 7, 2006| | Copyright

From staff reports
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
05-07-2006
Portland writer finalist for Howe award
Byline: From staff reports
Edition: FINAL
Section: Audience

Portland author Maria Testa was a finalist this year for the 9th annual Julia Ward Howe awards of the Boston Authors Club.

Testa was a finalist on the strength of her novel "Something About America" (Candlewick Press), which is about a young girl from Kosova growing up in Maine against the backdrop of Sept., 11, 2001, and ...

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