Claudia Rowe
Journalist and author. Child welfare, juvenile justice and public schools. All the happy things. National Book Award finalist for WARDS OF THE STATE.
- I always wanted to have something I'd written appear on @literaryhub.bsky.social. To finally land there in the company of so many brilliant folks -- what a dream!
- What a pleasure to be interviewed about WARDS OF THE STATE by a master of the craft. Thank you @markarms.bsky.social and @niemanstoryboard.org!
- On this week's @niemanstoryboard.org podcast, I spoke with @claudiarowe.bsky.social, author of “Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care,” which has been named a finalist for the 2025 National Book Awards. niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/23/n... @nationalbook.bsky.social #booksky
- Reposted by Claudia RoweBig congrats to Claudia Rowe, National Book Award Finalist!
- What a journey. From a Seattle courtroom to the National Book Awards! An honor I would not have dared to imagine. Thank you, literary agent superstar @stephanierostan.bsky.social. www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...
- What a journey. From a Seattle courtroom to the National Book Awards! An honor I would not have dared to imagine. Thank you, literary agent superstar @stephanierostan.bsky.social. www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa...
- Me too, @editorstoltz.bsky.social! So much gratitude for your heart and courage.
- When life becomes like a dream. Thanks to all who have embraced WARDS OF THE STATE. Just speechless. And so very grateful.
- Even in our public schools, foster kids are mostly invisible. Gratefiul to @alexanderrusso.bsky.social at The Grade for posting this excerpt from my new book, WARDS OF THE STATE, which shows how much impact one person can have. alexanderrusso.substack.com/p/45f6acd7-a...
- People are connecting the dots. Foster care is an invisible system with profoundly serious outcomes that affect us all. Check out this fantastic interview about my new book, WARDS OF THE STATE, on "Here & Now!" www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
- WARDS OF THE STATE launches into the world with a pack-to-the-walls event at Elliott Bay Books. Thank you, Seattlites, for coming out in force!
- Reposted by Claudia RoweHappy publication day (or close enough -- it was yesterday!) to @claudiarowe.bsky.social, whose latest book, "Wards of the State: The Long Shadow of American Foster Care," is just out. "An eloquent and compelling call for change," says Booklist.
- “An immersive, devastating look at foster children’s lives and a systemic pipeline to homelessness and prison.” Thank you, Seattle Times! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
- This was a fantastic interview! Thank you, @johnfugelsang.bsky.social!
- “An immersive, devastating look at foster children’s lives and a systemic pipeline to homelessness and prison.” Thank you, Seattle Times! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
- When your employer covers your book....Whew! Check out WARDS OF THE STATE in the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social! www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
- One week to launch!!! WARDS OF THE STATE comes out May 20. Readers in WA: Come to the launch on May 23 to hear how foster care is all around us but invisible. I'll be interviewed by the always incisive @mikelew65.bsky.social elliottbaybook.com/events/45363
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