Rachelle is a New Jersey children's author and children's entertainer. She has visited elementary schools in fourteen states with her highly acclaimed Author Visit program. She is also a storyteller and provides a Critique and Editing Service for other children's writers.
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Rachelle Burk is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children. She is author of several picture books, two chapter books, and an award winning middle grade science adventure novel. Her work has also appeared in national magazines such as Highlights, Scholastic Scope, and Pockets.
Rachelle visits schools and libraries as an author and storyteller, and provides critique and editing services to other children's writers.
As a children's entertainer, Rachelle performs as Tickles the Clown and other characters for parties, schools, and other events. In a parallel universe, Rachelle is a licensed clinical social worker, specializing in crisis intervention, and a member of her local Rescue Squad.
Birth Place
New Orleans, LA USA
Accomplishments
~National Science Teachers Association "Best Science Trade Books for K-12" (2016)
~Highlights Author of the Month, January 2009
~SCBWI Letter of Merit for a nonfiction magazine story 2010
~Her website ResourcesForChildrensWriters.com has won the following awards: Writers Digest Magazines annual "Best Websites for Writers" (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016);
Preditors and Editors "TRULY USEFUL SITE" award, and EnglishDegreeOnline "Top Blog" award
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