CLAUDIA ROWE has been writing about the clash between kids and government policy for 34 years – within public schools, juvenile detention halls, and the child welfare system. She is the recipient of a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism and multiple honors for investigative reporting. Her work has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in journalism. She has been published in The New York Times, The Seattle Times, Mother Jones, and numerous other publications. In 2018, her memoir, The Spider and the Fly, won the Washington State Book Award.