About
Virginia earned her BA in English at Carleton College and her MA and PhD at the University of Virginia. She is Professor of English at Bucknell University, where she has been on the faculty since 2002. She teaches classes and publishes on Victorian literature, children’s literature, and, naturally, Victorian children’s literature. She is the author of Excavating Victorians (SUNY 2008), as well as many academic articles and essays. She is also a children’s author. Her first novel La Finestra del Temps (Cruilla 2012) was published in Barcelona in 2012, and her American debut The Rosemary Spell (HMH/Clarion Books) came out in 2015. Her first picture book Pink a Women's March Story was published in 2022 (Hachette/RP Kids).
Featured Work
Pink a Women's March Story
Lina notices her grandmother knitting with pink yarn and soon learns that she’s making special hats to wear at an important march to celebrate women and their rights. Even though she sometimes feels small, Lina learns how to knit her own pink hat, and her confidence begins to build. When Lina and her family join the Women’s March in Washington, DC, she is energized by the crowd and the sea of pink hats. It’s amazing to see so many people all knitted together! Celebrate the importance of the Women’s March with young children in Virginia Zimmerman’s and Mary Newell DePalma’s remarkable and empowering story about one girl’s journey from knitting a hat to making a difference.
