Rosemary began working outside of publishing and as a PH.D linguist. She taught language and literature at the City University in New York, specialising in children’s literature. She then became the owner of the independent children’s bookshop ‘A Child’s Story’ before starting up her own literary agency in 1997., steeped her in the aesthetics of narrative, the power of the written word, and the nuanced partnership of word and art in the telling of story. Her second work life, as owner of A Child’s Story, an independent bookstore of national reputation in Teaneck, NJ, educated her in the business of children’s publishing, and brought her the Lucile Micheels Pannell Award, given by the National Women’s Book Association, for bringing children and books together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-992384","agent","type-agent","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n