Writer Jana Zinser’s Blog

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Barbara Pinhas and her Book Club discuss THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN

Thanks so much to Barbara Pinhas and her smart and insightful book club for hosting me today to discuss THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN.  It’s great to share this book with people who have family and friends who rode the Kindertransport or know someone who did, and hear their stories as well.  We missed you Dorothy! (And…
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BQB PUBLISHING ANNOUNCES THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN WINS EVVY AWARD

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport Wins EVVY Award The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport by Jana Zinser recently Named First Place winner in the Historical Fiction category of the CIPA EVVY Awards CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – Aug. 24, 2016 — BQB Publishing, an imprint of Boutique of Quality Books Publishing Company, is…
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First Place in EVVY Awards

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport was honored with  First Place in the EVVYAwards from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.
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The Children’s Train is a Finalist in EVVY Awards

The Colorado Independent Publishers Association announced The Children’s Train is a finalist in their annual EVVY Awards for historical fiction.  Click here.                                                                                                                      
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RoadmapWriters.com: Joey Tuccio, next best thing in Hollywood!

Roadmap Writers takes screenwriters to the next level, teaching them how to navigate Hollywood, introducing them to Hollywood insiders, and perfecting their screenwriting skills.  Joey Tuccio is the next best thing in Hollywood.    roadmapwriters.com                                                                                                                                                         
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BookGrabbr offers THE CHILDREN’S TRAIN Free Preview

Upload a FREE preview of The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport, on BookGrabbr. Click here to Grabb it.                                                                                                                                                             
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Bublish Excerpt From Chapter 33

In 1941, the Jewish underground resistance had to work with what they had, and sometimes that wasn’t much. But Peter and Noah became good at making do and quickly changing plans when things didn’t go as expected. Bublish Excerpt Chapter 33
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Baldpate Reading List!

I ate at the fantastic Baldpate Inn in Estes Park this weekend, and on the desk next to the Key Room was John A. Daly’s book, From A Dead Sleep!
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The Holocaust Shoe Project

By Alan Morawiec “When allied armies liberated German concentration camps at the end of World War II, they found towering piles of prisoners’ shoes. Each pair of these shoes was a mournful representative of the men, women, and children who lost their lives during the holocaust. My name is Alan Morawiec and I teach middle-school…
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