http://neustadtprize.org/2011-nsk-neustadt-laureate-virigina-euwer-wolff/

“[Virginia Euwer] Wolff has a level of excellence in her use of pitch perfect language, form, and imagery that is unique and fitting to each story, [in] novels that move readers with the grace of acceptance and forgiveness, the luminosity of hope.” — Suzanne Fisher Staples