GWSS and AMST alum Esmé Schwall ’97 has earned a 2025 Christopher Award for her book The Ballerina of Auschwitz, co-authored with La Jolla-based author and Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eva Eger. The book for young adults is one of 12 winners for adults and young people as the Christopher Awards program marks its 76th year.
The Christopher Awards celebrate authors, illustrators, writers, producers and directors, whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflect the Christopher motto, “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”