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Franny Billingsley

Artistic Creativity + Passion Results in Much More Than Just 'Happiness'

Flying through the air in the grandest of ballet jumps at the Evanston School of Ballet is where Melissa Thodos found the joy in dance. Now, as founder and artistic director of Thodos Dance Chicago, where she is also a choreographer, the Evanston native thinks back to those classes as the beginning of her life’s […]

by Jennifer Speaker
June 20, 2012

Author Franny Billingsley on Being a Finalist for the National Book Award

For Highland Park’s Franny Billingsley, being named to the National Book Awards shortlist is the culmination of decades of writing. Billingsley is one of 5 finalists for this year’s award for young people’s literature, for her novel “Chime.” The awards will be announced at a ceremony in New York on November 16. Even before the […]

by Jennifer Speaker
November 10, 2011
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