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Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

Born into a large family and raised on a farm in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Ms. Hamilton grew up listening to stories shared by her mother and father. While studying writing at the New School for Social Research in New York City, she met a young poet, Arnold Adoff, and the two were married in March 1960. In 1968, Ms. Hamilton's first book, Zeely (S&S, 0-02-742470-7; Aladdin, 0-689-71695-8. Ages 10 up), edited by Richard Jackson, was published; and she and her family (which now included her daughter Leigh and her son Jaime) moved back to Yellow Springs, building their home on land that had been in Ms. Hamilton's family for generations. Ms. Hamilton's second book, The House... Read full bio

M.C. Higgins, the Great will be released on April 25, 2006 in Trade Paperback
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Zeely will be released on April 25, 2006 in Trade Paperback
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Zeely is now available in Trade Paperback
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PublishersWeekly.com, February 6, 2012
...It appeals to me as a bookseller to break down the awards by publisher, not only to take a look at what works and imprints have been recognized for their achievements, but — practically speaking — as an easy way to make some direct publisher...
World Book and News, February 6, 2012
...the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: ) Profile America for the sixth day of Black History Month. The late Virginia Hamilton has been called "a majestic presence" in children's literature." She was greatly influenced by growing up on a small Ohio farm and by...
School Library Journal, January 28, 2012
...PEARL, and the Justice trilogy (JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS, DUSTLAND, THE GATHERING). I’m going to try to read some more Virginia Hamilton this year, but I’m going to add another author to my list: Elizabeth George Speare.  I’ve read her Honor...
Newsmagazine Network, January 27, 2012
...few books about the African-American experience.” One writer who was writing books about African-Americans at that time was Virginia Hamilton. “I consumed her work,” said McKissack, who still considers receiving the Virginia Hamilton Literary...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 25, 2012
...and African Americans," published by Balzar + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Ashley Bryan is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for...
Kirkus Reviews, January 25, 2012
Harper Collins, January 23, 2012
...HOW THEY GOT OVER: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE CALL OF THE SEA. She is a recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Literary Award; the Coretta Scott King Author Award; the Award of Excellence from the D.C. Area Writing Project; the Milner Award; the Hope S. Dean...
Jungle Red Writers, September 21, 2011
...content and social media.Open Road has published ebooks from legendary authors including William Styron, Pat Conroy, and Virginia Hamilton, and has launched new e-stars like Mary Glickman. We have a constantly growing mystery/thriller list that includes...
Books on The Knob, September 13, 2011
...$1.99) The Kid from Tomkinsville, by John R. Tunis ($1.99) The Planet of Junior Brown, by Virginia Hamilton ($2.99) Soulless ($1.99), the first title in the The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger, is the Kindle Deal of the Day. This and the...
Redecorating Middle-Earth in Early Lovecraft, May 28, 2011
...Tofte (1977)The Ennead by Jan Mark (1978) Jack-in-the-Box Planet by Robert Hoskins (1978)The Justice Trilogy by Virginia Hamilton (1978-1981)Keep Calm (a.k.a. When the City Stopped) by Joan Phipson (1978)The Tomorrow City by Monica Hughes (1978)A Quest...
The Wire, May 23, 2011
...James Gleick and Rachel Carson, literary authors like Josephine Hart and Scott Spencer and children’s authors like Virginia Hamilton. Open Road has launched E-stars like Mary Glickman, formed partnerships with independent publishers like Kensington and...
Sun Press, May 13, 2011
...Chandler This associate children’s librarian at the Lee Road Library in Cleveland Heights was recently awarded the Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grant for Teachers and Librarians. This grant will allow her to present “...
NewSouth Books, May 12, 2011
...the Mound Builders Meets DeSoto . It is especially fitting that Brown should win an award named for historian Virginia Hamilton, since NewSouth recently also published Hamilton’s memoir Teddy’s Child: Growing Up in the Anxious Southern Gentry...
A Frank Angle, May 11, 2011
...it was – so I had to get it.In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (Virginia Hamilton, 1988) is a children’s book – I would say fifth or sixth graders – but it is also a wonderful book for adults. It contains 25 short,...