Five things about me...
1.
I wanted to be a trapeze artist when I grew up. I still like being upside down. Mostly, though, I walk. I work at a treadmill desk and so average more than 20,000 steps per day.
2.
My mother had a rule that I and my six siblings had to read one nonfiction book for every fiction book. When I could find a book in the Childhood of Famous Americans series, I obeyed her rule (that is, if you count those books as nonfiction–they’d be considered historical fiction today!). Otherwise, I blithely ignored the rule and devoured novel after novel. I thought I didn’t like nonfiction. Hah!
3.
I love libraries. Many libraries have digitized historical documents, so I can do a surprising amount of research on my computer at home. But I also love spending time in special collections or archives. My work has taken me to archives in California, New York, and London. I especially love public libraries. I am an elected official in my county, a Library Trustee for our public library system.
4.
I’ve lived in 11 states and 6 countries.
5.
I am the fifth child of a fifth child of a fifth child. I married a fifth child. I have 5 + 1 children.
Contact me
Short bio
Annette Bay Pimentel writes award-winning nonfiction books for kids about the people and ideas that have shaped our world. When she’s not digging into archives or pounding away at her treadmill desk, she quilts, gardens, and helps administer her public library as an elected Library Trustee. She lives in Moscow, Idaho.
Longer bio
Annette Bay Pimentel grew up mostly in Utah in a large, boisterous family. She graduated with an undergraduate degree from University of California Berkeley and a graduate degree from Brandeis University in English literature. She and her husband raised six children while moving often—eight states, four countries, and three continents. A few years ago they settled in northern Idaho and recycled the moving boxes. All of their children have now flown the coop.
Annette’s books are often on state’s young reader’s lists and have been Junior Library Guild Selections. She is represented by Kathleen Rushall of Andrea Brown Literary.
In addition to writing, Annette helps administer her public library as an elected Library Trustee and teaches nonfiction writing for McDaniel College.