Deborah Hopkinson

Deborah Hopkinson is an American writer of children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. She was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.[1] 'Titanic: Voices from the Disaster' was a Robert F. Sibert Honor book and a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist. 'The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel' was an Oregon Book Award Finalist and winner of the Oregon Spirit Award. She has also written 'Apples to Oregon', 'Maria's Comet,' 'Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek,' 'Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Reading Association Award,[2] Sky Boys, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor book,[3] Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings about Alta Weiss a Jane Addams Children's book honor award winner for 2004,[4] and Shutting Out the Sky, also a Jane Addams Children's Book honor award and an NCTE Orbis Pictus honor book.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Bio". Deborah Hopkinson (deborahhopkinson.com). Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  2. ↑ "IRA Children's and Young Adult's Book Awards". International Reading Association. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. ↑ "Winners and Honor Books 1967 to present". The Horn Book. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  4. ↑ "Jane Addams Peace Association - Previous Winners of the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Listed by Year". Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  5. ↑ "Deborah Hopkinson". Greenwood Publishing Group. 1008. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

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