Born 1977, in New York, NY; Education: Guilford College, B.A., 2000. Religion: "Jewish/agnostic." Hobbies and other interests: "Baseball, people, musical discovery, reminiscing, staying up late, throwing things, playing with kids at grown-up parties, sesame chicken, Arkanoid, singing the instrumental part, hand-eye coordination, Scrabble, dissing people in my journal, going th…
Born 1966, in Romford, Essex, England; Education: Sheffield University, B.A. (ancient history and classical civilization; dual honours), 1988. Politics: Labour. Religion: Church of England (Anglican). Hobbies and other interests: "Ancient and classical history, listening to music, mountain climbing, eating vast amounts of chocolate." Author and illustrator of children's books,…
(Jim Haskins) OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born September 19, 1941, in Demopolis, AL; died of complications from emphysema, July 6, 2005, in New York, NY. Educator and author. Haskins was a prolific author of nonfiction works for children, many of which focused on drawing attention to black history and biography. After being expelled from Alabama State University because he part…
Born 1953, in Penola, South Australia, Australia; Education: Salisbury College of Advanced Education, teaching diploma, 1975; Moody Bible College, diploma, 1985; University of South Australia, English as a second language graduate diploma, 1988, information studies graduate diploma, 2000; University of Adelaide, B.A. (with honors), 2001, Ph.D., 2005. Hobbies and other interests: Cornish studies, m…
1948— Actor, festival director Hamlin, Larry Leon, photograph. Sebastian Artz/Getty Images. In head to toe purple, Larry Leon Hamlin is a hurricane-strength force on the stage of black theater. He is the vision, the fury, and the power behind the National Black Theatre Festival, the world's largest gathering of black theater professionals. Every other summer, the festival draw…
Agent—c/o Author Mail, Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Children's book author. Redevelopment Authority, Wilmington, MA, administrative assistant, 1967-73; special-needs secretary of public schools in Littleton, MA, 1977-78; Institute of Children's Literature, instructor, 1981-2002. Society of Children…
Born 1932, in Lockney, TX; Education: Texas Tech University, B.A., 1951, M.A., 1964; Pennsylvania State University, doctoral study, 1970–71; also attended Columbia University, 1977, Escuela Internacional Sampere (Madrid, Spain), 1974, Inter-American University (Saltillo, Mexico), 1978, Cuernavaca Language School (Cuernavaca, Mexico), 1979, and University of Texas at Austin. Agent—Eri…
(Dan Harmon) Offıce—Hornpipe Publications, P.O. Box 18428, Spartanburg, SC 29318. Author and editor. Sandlapper: The Magazine of South Carolina, Lexington, SC, assistant editor, 1971-73, associate editor and art director, 1989—; Dispatch-News, Lexington, reporter and editor, 1973-83; RPW Publishing Corp, Lexington, editor, 1983-97; freelance editor, beginning 1997. Daniel…
Born 1951, in Rochester, MN; Education: Attended Wheaton College; Indiana University, B.A.; University of Minnesota, M.A. Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Figure skating. Office—Author's Mail, c/o Kregel Publications, 733 Wealthy St., SE, P.O. Box 2607, Grand Rapids, MI 49501-2607. Librarian at Good Shepard School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1976-77, Faculdade Teologica…
Born 1936, in Palestine (now Israel); Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: Tel-Aviv University, B.A., M.A., 1982. Religion: Jewish. Office—Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, P.O. Box 10051, Ramat-Gan 52001, Israel. Teacher, elementary and high school, 1960-72; Israeli Ministry of Education, Jerusalem, 1972-75; Pilon (children's magazine), editor, 1976-78; M…
Born 1931, in Lamar, MO; married Larry Harrah (a physical chemist Madge Harrah and spectroscopist), June 5, 1952; Education: University of Missouri, Columbia, B.S.; studied playwriting at Antioch College, 1963. Politics: Independent. Religion: Protestant. Hobbies and other interests: Astronomy, music. Agent—Robin Rue and Emily Sylvan, Writers House, 21 West 26th St., New York, NY 1001…
Education: Pacific Lutheran University, B.A., 1986; University of California, San Diego, M.A., 1991; Ph.D., 1994. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, playing music, jogging, water sports, graphic design. Office—Department of History, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182. Educator and author. University of California, San Diego, teacher, 1994-99; San Diego …
Agent—c/o Wendy Schmalz Agency, Box 831, Hudson, NY 12534. Teacher and author. Worked variously as a professional fund raiser and community organizer. Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, New York City, therapist, 1982-86; author of books for children, 1982–; private practice in psychotherapy, 1984–. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators,…
(Arthur Kennon Graham, Kennon Graham) Born 1937, in Springfield, MO; Education: Drury College, A.B., 1959; Emory University, M.S., 1960; Evansville University, graduate studies, 1960-63. Office—928 South Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65802. Mead Johnson Co., Evansville, IN, pharmacologist, 1960-63; Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO, editorial manager, 1963-73; Glenstone Block Co. (manufacturer …
Born 1990. Agent—c/o Illustrator Correspondence, Viking Press, 40 W. 23rd St., New York, NY 10010. Full time illustrator of children's books, 1998—. Has worked in advertising, design, and photography. Managing director, PictureBook Artists.com. Graphic Artist Guild, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Ezra Jack Keats Award, 1999, for Dear Juno. Soyung …
Born 1959, in Sherman, TX; Education: Utah State University, B.A., 1985. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). Hobbies and other interests: Bicycling, playing soccer, reading, gardening, painting furniture. Illustrator and author. Xam, Inc., Midvale, UT, animation assistant, 1985; Gibby Studios, Ogden UT, photo re-toucher, 1985-86; book store clerk in Boston, MA, 1986-87…
Born 1947, in Huddersfield, England; Education: Cambridge University, B.A.; Newcastle University, M.A.; attended Sydney University; University of New South Wales, Ph.D. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Penguin Australia, 250 Camberwell Rd., Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. Writer, 1997—. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, tutor; University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Austra…
Born 1955, in Wau, New Guinea; Ethnicity: "European." Education: Edith Cowan University, B.Ed., 1999. Politics: "Democracy." Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Surfing. Agent—Jenny Dorling & Associates, P.O. Box 413, Toorak, Victoria, Australia. Education Department of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia, primary teacher, 1980&#…
Born 1958, in Quincy, MA; married John Hassett (a writer and illustrator). Author and illustrator of children's books. Blue Ribbon Award, and Booklist Editors' Choice designation, both 1998, and Parents' Choice Foundation Picture Book Recommendation, 1999, all for Cat up a Tree; Virginia Young Readers Primary Book Award, 2000–05, for The Three Silly Girls Grubb. Moose o…
wife's name Ann (an author and illustrator). Author and illustrator of children's books. (With wife, Ann Hassett) Blue Ribbon Award, and Booklist Editors' Choice designation, both 1998, and Parents' Choice Foundation Picture Book Recommendation, 1999, all for Cat up a Tree; Virginia Young Readers Primary Book Award, 2000–05, for The Three Silly Girls Grubb. Moose…
Born 1945, in England; Education: Attended Blackpool Art School. Agent—c/o Author Mail, DK Publishing Inc., 95 Madison Ave., 10th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Author and illustrator. Daily Express, London, England, reportage illustrator, 1971; teacher at Medway and Norwich, England, Art Schools. Witches (also see below), Granada (London, England), 1981, Silver Burdett (Morristown, NJ), 1985. It…
Born 1968; Education: Attended Goldsmiths College. Agent—c/o Author Mail, DK Publishing Inc., 95 Madison Ave., 10th Fl., New York, NY 10016. Author and illustrator. Witches (also see below), Granada (London, England), 1981, Silver Burdett (Morristown, NJ), 1985. It's a Fact and It's Very Funny, ITV Books (London, England), 1982. How to Look after Your Cat, Evans (London, Engla…
1965— Actor Harewood, David, photograph. Will Conran/Getty Images. British actor David Harewood starred in Babyfather, a hit British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television series that followed the exploits of a quartet of black men and their struggles with romance, fidelity, and parenthood. Harewood played Augustus "Gus" Pottinger across eight episodes in 2001 and 20…
Born 1987, B.F.A (painting), 1997; Rochester Institute of Technology, M.F.A (painting), 1991. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Greenwillow Press/HarperCollins Childrens, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Educator and writer. Head Start, former education coordinator; instructor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, and Niagara County Co…
Born 1949, in Yankton, SD; Education: Augustana College, B.A., 1971; College of Visual Arts, B.F.A., 1973. Hobbies and other interests: Music, reading, travel. Author and illustrator of children's books. Advertising agency art director in Bloomington, MN, 1973-74; program presenter. A Is for Adult: An Alphabet Book for Grown-Ups, Waldman House Press (Minneapolis, MN), 1993. The Next Place, …
(Jennifer Havel) Born 1949, in Evansville, IN; Education: Attended Université de Rouen, 1969-70; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1971, M.A., 1973. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Theater, cinema, listening to piano music, reading philosophy and biography, walking, and swimming. Freelance writer, 1981—. Translator for compan…
Born 1951 in Livingston, MT; Education: Whitman College, B.A. (biology and chemistry), 1972; Eastern Montana College, M.S. (special education), 1973; doctoral study at University of Minnesota, 1975-79. Hobbies and other interests: Opera, classical theatre, classical music, ancient history, archaeology, farming, cosmology, physics. Agent—P. Ginsberg, Curtis Brown Associates, Inc., 10 Astor P…
Born 1970, in Summit, NJ; Education: Brigham Young University, B.A., M.A.; Princeton University, Ph.D., 1995. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Agent—Barry Goldblatt, PMB 226, 320 7th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215. Writer. The Monster in Me, Holiday House (New York, NY), 2003. Mirror, Mirror, a young adult fantasy for Viking (New York, NY). Middle-grades author Mette Ivie H…
Born 1957, in San Diego, CA; Education: Catholic University of America, B.A., 1984. Religion: Roman Catholic. Agent—Martha Millard Literary Agency, 204 Park Ave., Madison, NJ 07940. National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, archival researcher, 1979–86, and co-founder of archival videodisc program; writer. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, for Winterlong, …
1980(?)— Pageant winner Harold, Erika, photograph. Lawrence Lucier/Getty Images. Erika Harold won the Miss America crown in 2003, becoming one of just a handful of African-American women to win the honor in its eight-decade history. But Harold became embroiled in a minor controversy during her first month as Miss America, when she asserted that pageant officials had tried to stop her…
1941-2005 Writer, college teacher, teacher For writers of children's books, celebrity is frequently elusive, and most often it is children's fiction that dominates the news. Nonfiction earns far less public acclaim. Author James Haskins managed to defy these conventions by publishing nearly 150 nonfiction works that chronicled and celebrated the black experience. For many years, his …
1960— Businessman, restaurateur Few people have risen so far—or fallen so fast—as businessman and restaurant owner La-Van Hawkins. In 2003, Hawkins was on top of the world: born in the ghettos of Chicago, he had become the owner of more than 100 Pizza Hut franchises in Michigan and the owner-operator of one of Detroit's swankiest new eateries, Sweet Georgia Brown, and t…
Founder of Latina, the first bilingual magazine for Hispanic women, Christy Haubegger had noted the visible lack of Hispanic role models in the media even as a child. As an adult she was determined to change this. Rather than pursue a career in law, Haubegger decided to pursue her dream of creating a women's magazine that dealt with health, beauty, political, and lifestyle issues from a His…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Marion Mildred Crothall, Newcastle, New South Wales, 1940. Education: University College, 1957-62, B.A.(honours) in education 1962. Career: Teacher, Canberra High School, Australian Capital Territory, 1963-65, Canberra Church of England Girls' Grammar School, 1974-86. Since 1993, chair of literature, Board of Australia Council. Writer-in-residence, Charles Stu…
19(??)— International Grand Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi, business executive Samuel C. Hamilton, who became the highest office holder in the historically black fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi in 2003, has also been recognized as a prominent business and community leader. Through his professional and civic affiliations, he helped to implement such programs as small business funding and development,…
Nationality: Irish. Born: Hugo O'Urmoltaigh in Dublin, Ireland, 1953. Career: Worked in the music business; freelance journalist, Dublin. Lives in County Dublin, Ireland. Awards: Rooney prize for Irish Literature, 1992. Agent: Derek Johns, 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR, England. Hugo Hamilton was born in 1953 of Irish-German parentage. He grew up with three languages—Irish, English…
1952— Library director Carla D. Hayden served as president of the American Library Association for a one-year term beginning in 2003. A veteran of the Chicago and Baltimore public library systems, Hayden won praise for taking a tough stance against the Patriot Act of 2001, a federal law which forced public libraries to comply with Federal Bureau of Investigation requests about patrons…
Nationality: American. Born: Oak Park, Illinois, 1957. Education: Carleton College, B.A. 1979. Career: Apple farmer, 1979—; freelance writer, 1982—. Lives in Rochester, Wisconsin. Awards: Ernest Hemingway Foundation award (PEN American Center), 1989. Agent: c/o Doubleday Publishers, 1540 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, U.S.A. Jane Hamilton is a best-selling author whose novels de…
Pseudonym: Henry Calvin. Nationality: British. Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 1922. Education: Eastbank School, Glasgow. Conscientious objector in World War II. Career: Reporter, Scottish Newspaper Services, Glasgow, 1940-45; sub-editor, Scottish Daily Record, Glasgow, 1945-57; feature writer, TV Guide, Glasgow, 1957-58; director, Glasgow Films Ltd., 1957-63; columnist, Glasgow Evening Citizen, 1958-60;…
Born 1931, in Kobe, Japan; emigrated to Canada, 1938; Education: University of Toronto, B.A. (with honors), 1952. Religion: Anglican. Agent—Dorothy Markinko, McIntosh & Otis, 475 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10017. Elementary school teacher in Kobe, Japan, 1954-55; editor for Copp Clark Publishing Company, 1955-60; writer. …
Nationality: American. Born: Meridian, Mississippi, 1942. Education: Mississippi College, Clinton, B.A. 1964; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, M.A. 1966, M.F.A. 1967. Career: Member of the Department of English, Clemson University, South Carolina, 1967-73; writer-in-residence, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1974-75; member of the Department of English, University of Alabama, University, 1975-80…
Nationality: American. Born: Mark Harris Finkelstein in Mount Vernon, New York, 1922. Education: The University of Denver, B.A. in English 1950, M.A. in English 1951; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Ph.D. in American Studies 1956. Military Service: Served in the United States Army, 1943-44. Career: Reporter, Daily Item, Port Chester, New York, 1944-45, PM, New York, 1945, and International N…
Male. Agent—George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic, 65 Bleecker St., New York, NY 10012. Screenwriter and children's book author. Best Book designation, American Bookseller's Association, 1993, and Teachers Choice award, International Reading Association, and Notable Children's Trade Book designation, Childrens Book Council/National Council for Social Studies, both…
Born 1963. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Candlewick Press, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., 5th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140. Journalist and author. United Press International (UPI), cub reporter in Dallas, TX, 1963, then foreign correspondent; New York Times, New York, NY, editor. Blue Ribbon Award, 1997, Young Adult Library Services Association Editor's Picks for Reluctant Readers designation, 1998…
Nationality: British. Born: New Amsterdam, British Guiana, now Guyana, 1921. Education: Queen's College, Georgetown. Career: Government surveyor in the 1940s, and senior surveyor, 1955-58, Government of British Guiana; moved to London in 1959. Visiting lecturer, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1970; writer-in-residence, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, and Scarboroug…
Born 1972, in Heidelberg, Germany; Education: Middlebury College, B.A., 1994. Religion: "Christian." Hobbies and other interests: Baking. Writer. (Editor) Anne Frank (essays; "People Who Made History" series), Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2003. For Love of Bread, a novel. …
Nationality: American. Born: James Thomas Harrison in Grayling, Michigan, 1937. Education: Michigan State University, East Lansing, B.A. in comparative literature 1960, M.A. in comparative literature 1964. Family: Married Linda King in 1959; two daughters. Career: Assistant professor of English, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1965-66. Lives in Michigan. Awards: National Endowment for …
(Elizabeth Hathorn) Full name, Elizabeth Helen Hathorn; surname is pronounced "hay-thorn"; born 1943, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; Education: Attended Balmain Teachers' College (now University of Technology). Agent—Fran Moore, Curtis Brown, Level 1/2 Boundary Street, Paddington 2021 Australia; fax: 612-93616161. Teacher and librarian in schools in Sydney, A…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 1928. Career: Lived in London 1951-58; worked for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Sydney, 1959-60; reviewer, Sydney Morning Herald, 1960; worked for Macmillan and Company Ltd., publishers, Sydney, 1961-67. Awards: Commonwealth Literary Fund fellowship, 1968; Australian Council for the Arts fellowship, 1974. An ideal introduction to E…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Canberra, 1942; son of the politician and diplomat Sir Paul Hasluck. Education: The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, 1960-63, LL.B. 1963; Oxford University, 1964-66, B.C.L. 1966. Career: Lawyer, admitted to Supreme Court of Western Australia as barrister and solicitor, 1968. Deputy Chairman, Australia Council, 1978-82. Awards: The Age Book of the Year award…
Nationality: American. Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1933. Education: St. John's University, B.A. 1955; University of North Dakota, M.A. 1961. Career: High school teacher of English for ten years; faculty member, Bemidji State University and Brainerd Community College. Since 1980 writer-in-residence, St. John's University. Awards: Friends of American Writers Novel of the Year, 1978, …
Nationality: American (originally French; granted U.S. citizenship, 1944). Born: Sreasbourg, Alsace, France, 1910. Education: University of Berlin; Sorbonne. Career: Journalist, French and Swiss newspapers and periodicals; lecturer, Department of English, Queens College, New York, 1962-79; held various teaching positions, including positions at New York University and New School until 1988. Awards…
Born 1935, in Bristol, England; Ethnicity: "Anglo Saxon." Education: Educated in Bristol, Switzerland, and London. Religion: Church of England (Anglican). Hobbies and other interests: Historical research, music (particularly opera), gardening, traveling. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker Books Ltd., 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ, England. Novelist. Worked variously as a theatr…
Born in New York, NY. Education: High school graduate. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Houghton Mifflin, 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116-3764. Retired healthcare worker; writer. Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 2005, for Missy Violet and Me. In Hathaway's debut novel, eleven-year-old Viney learns some important lessons about life and gains a sense of her own strengths …
Born 1949, in Chicago, IL; Education: Attended Sarah Lawrence College. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, photography. Offıce—Harpco Music, 2337 Roscomare Rd., #2, PMB #244, Los Angeles, CA 90077. Actress, author, and songwriter. Actress in movies, including Stardust Memories, Pennies from Heaven, My Favorite Year, and Minority Report; actress in television programs, including Th…
Born 1954, in Mansfield, OH; marriage ended); (second marriage) Renee. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Oregon, B.A.; University of Florida, M.A. Politics: Democrat. Freelance photographer in Hawaii, 1984-88; Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, adjunct professor, 1992-93; Beyond Essence (literary magazine), Eugene, OR, editor, 1993-94; Humphreys, Inc., office man…
1957— Author, motivational speaker A successful advertising executive up to the mid-1990s, Michelle McKinney Hammond then invented a new career providing insights into how to be a single Christian woman in pursuit of a healthy, fulfilling life, with or without a husband. McKinney Hammond published her first book, What to Do until Love Finds You: Getting Ready for Mr. Right, in 1997 and has …
Born 1930, in Vilna, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania); immigrated to United States in 1947, naturalized U.S. citizen in 1951; Education: Attended Hunter College (now Hunter College of the City University of New York), 1948-50. Religion: Jewish. Authors Guild, Authors League of America. In the Park: An Excursion in Four Languages, illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1968. At Ho…
Born 1942, in New York, NY; Education: Pace University, B.A., 1972; New York University, M.A., 1978. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker and Co., 720 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10019. Writer. Board of Education, New York, NY, teacher of reading and English, 1953-75; Empire State College, Brooklyn, NY, mentor; retired from teaching, 1995. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, …
1976– Actor Harris, Naomie, photograph. UPI Photo/John Angelill/Landov. Naomie Harris may be best known to American audiences for her starring role in the 2002 sci-fi thriller 28 Days Later, but the British actress is a veteran of several U.K. television series and projects dating back to the late 1980s. Harris jets between her home base in London, England, to and from Hollywood and various…
1933– Politician A civil rights activist, lawyer, and from 1968 one of the first African American mayors of a major American city, Richard G. Hatcher became one of the most influential black Americans of the 1970s and 1980s. Born into poverty and blind in one eye, Hatcher began his political career while studying law at Valparaiso University, where he joined sit-ins and worked with the Nati…
