Alexandra Hinrichs

Alexandra Hinrichs’ debut picture book, Thérèse Makes A Tapestry, came out from Getty Publications in March 2016. Her second picture book, The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor, was published in 2021.

Alex has worked as a historical researcher at American Girl, a children’s librarian, and a children’s bookseller among other things. She earned MAs in United States History and Library & Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed her undergraduate education at Colgate University, where she majored in History and French. Alex grew up in Princeton, Massachusetts. She has also lived in France and Thailand. She now makes her home in Bangor, Maine with her spouse and their three sons. She works as a middle school librarian in Old Town, and is pretty sure she has one of the best jobs in the world.