Katherine Arnoldi, Ph. D. has received a Fulbright Award (2008-9 Paraguay), two New York Foundation of the Arts Award (Fiction, Drawing), the DeJur Award, the Henfield Transatlantic Award, the Newhouse and a Juniper Prize. Her graphic novel The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom was named one of the Top Books of the Year by Entertainment Weekly and was nominated for the Eisner Award in the Graphic Novel. It also won a top ten Quick Pick from YALSA and an ALA Award.