Pronouncing Dictionary of Author's Names

Ever come across an author's name you can't pronouce? Or have to give a booktalk and you're not sure how to say the author's last name? Gayle Hodur has assembled a list with phonetic spellings to solve your problem!

Here's an example:

Kjelgaard, Jim (author of Big Red)

Pronounced KYEL-gard (first syllable is like "yell" preceeded by a hard k; second is like the first part of "garden")

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