Rebecca Kalin
Librettist
ABOUT ME
ABOUT MY WORK
The story of Josephine and Harry is a true story.
My mother discovered it in a junk store at the bottom of a box of used books. "It"– a privately published memoir and a package of letters – was given to me as a Christmas present, wrapped in brown paper and tied with kite string. Across the front she had written,"Truth is stranger than fiction."
And it was. Still is.
You can learn more about it here.
Professionally, I have worked as an artist, script- and screenwriter, teacher, instructional designer, textbook writer and editor, website builder, glassblower and card-carrying member of the Animators Guild, I.A.T.S.E. Local 839. I have made clothes for animals for Saturday Night Live, taught radio script-writing to Africans, founded and run a successful, award-winning non-profit, written four original screenplays and an opera libretto. Non-professionally, I have hitchhiked across South America dressed as a boy, built a house, coached a Swazi swim team, and helped deliver a baby. I am currently novelizing the Fire Princess story, writing and illustrating a collection of short stories and a Young Reader chapter book about Louis Armstrong. I received a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College (Writing and Fine Art), and M.A. from NYU (Writing), and a M.P.H. from Hunter College, SUNY.
You can see my Resume here.
