Virginia Hamilton
Award Winning American Author
Personal Details
Full & Real Name: Virginia Ester Hamilton
Birth date/Place: March 12th, 1936 in Yellow Springs, Ohio
Death Date/Cause/Place: February 19th 2002, Breast Cancer, in Dayton Ohio
Family Details: Grew up in Ohio, and the family was supported from earning money by farming. She was the fifth and youngest child born in her family.
Education
Virginia Hamilton
The House of Dies Drear
Virginia Hamilton
Professional Background
Focus of their Literary Works:
Author's Written Works
Zeely:- Children's Fiction- It won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Mystery
The House of Dies Drear:- Children's Fiction- This book won the Ohioana Literary Award.
M.C. Higgens, the Great: -Children's Fiction- This book was given the John Newbery Honor Book Award
In the Beginning: - Childrens Literature- This book was awarded the John Newbery Medal
Anthony Burns: - Biography, Childrens Literature- Newbery Honor Book Award
Sources:
2).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Dies_Drear
3).http://www.virginiahamilton.com/virginia-hamilton-books/in-the-beginning/
4).''Virginia (Ester) Hamilton."Major authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults.Detroit:Gale,2007. Biography in Context Web.6 Sept. 2016
5)."Virginia Hamilton."Gale Biography in Context. Detroit:Gale 2010 Biography in Context. Web. 6 Sept. 2016
6)."Virginia Hamilton." Authors and Artists for Young adults. Vol. 21. Detroit: Gale, 1947. Biography in Context. Web. 8 Sept. 2016
7).Virginia (Ester) Hamilton." St. James Guide to Young Adult Writers. 1949, Biography in Context. Web. 6 Sept. 2016.
8).www.virginiahamilton.com/biography/2/