Anne Frank and Me

With husband Jeff Gottesfeld as dramaturge, Cherie Bennett has emerged as one of the nation's leading playwrights for young audiences-a two-time Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices winner, for Searching for David's Heart (1998) and Cyra and Rocky (Dramatic, 1996), and three-time IUPUI/Bonderman certificate of award winner, once for Anne Frank and Me (Dramatic, 1997). Following that play's hit Off-Broadway run and dozens of other productions, Cherie and Jeff have finally adapted it to fiction. Other recent work includes Cherie's Life in the Fat Lane (Delacorte, 1998), an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Zink (Dramatic, 1998, Delacorte, 1999), and her popular Copley News Service syndicated teen column, "Hey, Cheriel" Residents of Los Angeles and Nashville, they write for television and screen. Jeff is also a produced country songwriter. Their papers are being archived in the Child Drama Collection of the Hayden Library at Arizona State University. They can be reached at AuthorChik@aol.com or www.cheriebennett.com.Bennett, Cherie is the author of 'Anne Frank and Me' with ISBN 9780698119734 and ISBN 0698119738.