Born 1953 in New York, NY; Education: Attended American School of Ballet. Agent—c/o Author Mail, William Morrow and Co., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Dancer with Boston Ballet Company, Boston, MA; freelance author and illustrator of children's books. Children's Book of the Year awards, Child Study Association, 1976, for Max, 1985, for I Hear and I See, and …
Born 1943, in Middlesex, England; immigrated to Australia, 1949; Hobbies and other interests: Racing historic cars, parties, Irish music, reading, walking. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Penguin Group Australia, 250 Camberwell Rd., Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia. Writer. Teacher, 1963–68; Ministry of Education, Australia, speech pathologist, 1972–75; Burwood State College, lectu…
1941– Singer, composer Singer/composer Ronald Isley has enjoyed a successful career in popular music for more than 50 years. As lead singer and composer for the Isley Brothers, Isley recorded a long string of hit singles including "Shout," "This Old Heart of Mine," "It's Your Thing," and "Don't Say Goodnight," and more th…
1922(?)-2004 Jazz saxophonist Jacquet, Illinois, photograph. Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images. When 19-year-old Illinois Jacquet stepped to a Decca Records microphone in May of 1942 to take his solo on the Lionel Hampton Band's "Flying Home," he was a young saxophonist with tremendous ability but no clear identity. It was the first or second time he had made a recor…
Born 1952, in Romford, England; children: Simon, Chloe. Office—c/o Author Mail, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 338 Euston Rd., London NW13BH, England. Graphic designer, 1970-86. Greeting card designer; TV AM, England, writer for series "Rub-a-Dub-Tub"; freelance writer and illustrator of children's books, 1986—. Acorn Award, Nottinghamshire Libraries (England), and C…
Born 1952, in North Carolina; three Education: School of Design, North Carolina State University, received B.A. and M.A. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Houghton Mifflin, 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116-3764. Graphic designer; illustrator and author. Booklist Editor's Choice citation, 1995, for Biggest, Strongest, Fastest, and 2001, for Slap, Squeak, and Scatter: How Animals Communicate; S…
Born 1931, in Philadelphia, PA; Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1951. Agent—Jane Pystel Literary Management, One Union Square West, New York, NY 10003. Writer. Pittsburgh Courier, Philadelphia, PA, columnist and feature writer, 1946-52; Lavenson Bureau of Advertising, Philadelphia, PA, copywriter, 1952-59; Werman & Schorr, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, information officer, 196…
Born 1935, in New York, NY; Education: Queens College (now Queens College of the City University of New York), B.A., 1956. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, hiking, fishing, beachcombing, reading, cooking, gardening. Writer. Elementary school teacher in Rye, NY, 1956-58, and Chappaqua, NY, 1967-68. Authors Guild, Authors League of America. Outstanding Science Book for Children Award from Nation…
Born 1942, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Education: Attended University of California—Berkeley, 1960-61, and San Diego State University, 1961-63; California State University—Dominguez Hills, B.A. (journalism), 1981. Politics: Democrat. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, piano, yoga. Worked as technical writer in Los Angeles and San Diego, CA, a journalist in Los Angeles, CA, an…
Born 1947, in Northwich, England; Education: Attended Northumberland College of Education. Writer. Has worked as a bank clerk, primary school teacher in Leicester, England, and reader for a publishing company. National Book League Children's Books of the Year designation, 1986, for Who's a Clever Girl, Then?, 1987, for The Girls' Gang, 1989, for A Letter to Father Christmas, D…
Born 1967, in Wakefield, RI; Education: Hampshire College, B.A., 1988; Emerson College, M.F.A., 1993. Lisa Jahn-Clough Agent—c/o Author Mail, Houghton Mifflin, 222 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116-3764. Writer, illustrator, and teacher. Emerson College, Boston, MA, teacher of writing and children's literature, 1994—. Teacher of writing at conferences and workshops, inclu…
1938— Singer Etta James may have surprised herself by living long enough to become a big star. Her singing career, more than 50 years long, has included more highs and lows than her vocal range. For decades she subverted her own success by maintaining a reckless lifestyle that included serious drug abuse and a number of questionable love-life decisions. At various career stages she has been…
(Robert Roger Ingpen) Born 1936, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Education: Attended Geelong College; Royal Melbourne Technical College (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Diploma of Art (graphic arts), 1957. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, senior artist, 1959–68. Freelance author, illustrator, and designer, 1968–. Deakin Universit…
Born 1949, in Los Angeles, CA. Education: Attended Los Angeles Valley College, Dutchess Community College (Poughkeepsie, NY), and Inner City Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA). Artist, 1969—; Former certified tax practitioner; Atelier Saint James (print publisher), Los Angeles, CA, owner. Has worked as an actress, freelance writer, publicist, and accountant. Exhibitions: Works exhibited at s…
(Jennifer Jacobson) Born 1958, in NH; Education: Harvard University, M.A. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, swimming, skiing, reading. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Can-dlewick Press, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Writer of books for teachers and for children, 1995–. Sixth-grade teacher, curriculum coordinator, and language arts specialist at various schools in New Engla…
Education: Alberta College of Art, earned degree (with honors). Agent—c/o David and Lynn Bennett, 72 Glengowan Rd., Toronto, Ontario M4N 1G4, Canada. Children's author and illustrator and graphic designer. Exhibitions: Works (with wife, Laura Fernandez) included in permanent collection of Royal Geographical Society, London, England. (All with Laura Fernandez) Toronto Art Directors C…
(P. Wolny) Born 1945, in Passaic, NJ; Education: St. Francis College (Biddeford, ME), A. B., 1967; John Carroll University, M.A., 1970. Hobbies and other interests: Swimming, cooking vegetarian meals, biking, working with wood. Poet and anthologist. High school English teacher in Parma, OH, 1968-72, and Topsfield, MA, 1972-77; Gray-New Gloucester High School, Gray, ME, teacher of language arts, 19…
1958- Singer, songwriter, dancer A powerfully creative and disciplined artist, Michael Jackson is a distinctive vocalist, an imaginative and original songwriter with a gift for turning his own experiences into powerful lyrics, and a dancer almost without peer. Keeping control over his own career, he ruled pop and rhythm-and-blues music charts throughout the 1980s. Jackson's private life has…
Nationality: Australian. Born: White Hills, Victoria, 1918. Education: Swan Hill High School; London School of Economics. Career: Writer, Melbourne Herald and Sun, 1937-38, and London Daily Sketch and Sunday Dispatch, 1939; European and Middle East war correspondent, Australian Newspaper Service and North American Newspaper Alliance, 1939-44; Tehran correspondent, Time and Life, 1944. Awards: Rhy…
Born 1940, in Bagno a Ripoli, Tuscany, Italy. Education: Self-educated illustrator. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Jonathan Cape, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Rd., London SW1V 2SA, England. Illustrator in animation studio, Rome, Italy; worked as a film and theater poster designer and a book and newspaper designer, Florence, Italy; book illustrator, 1970—; has also done graphic design for advertisement…
(Curt Cannon, Hunt Collins, Ezra Hannon, Richard Marsten, Ed McBain) OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born October 15, 1926, in New York, NY; died of larynx cancer, July 6, 2005, in Weston, CT. Writer. Hunter was a bestselling novelist famous for his "87th Precinct" series written under the pen name Ed McBain, as well as for such novels as The Blackboard Jungle. Born…
(W. Scott Ingram) Born 1948, in Schenectady, NY; Education: University of Connecticut, B.A.; Wesleyan University, M.A. Hobbies and other interests: Bicycling, guitar. Office—245 Long Hill Rd., Middletown, CT 06457. Weekly Reader Corp., Middletown, CT, managing editor, 1979–. Member of Board of Education, Portland, CT. Educational Press Awards, 1985, 1988, 1994, 1995. Bloody Waters: …
Born 0027;s librarian; stepEducation: University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1967; California Family Study Center, M.A., 1977. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, tidepooling and beachcombing after a storm, playing alto, soprano, and bass recorder, fiber arts, volunteering at the library. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Millbrook Press/Lerner Publishing Group, 1251 Washington Ave. N., Minneap…
Office—P.O. Box 88288, Black Forest, CO 80908. Evangelical Press Association, Christian Booksellers Association, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, U.S. Table Tennis Association. Novel of the Year nomination, Campus Life magazine, for Margo; Religion in Media Angel Award, for Meaghan and Margo's Reunion; Biography of the Year award, Campus Life magazine, 1980, for Home Wh…
Emilio "El Indio" Fernández: 1904-1986: Film director. Emilio "El Indio" Fernández has been called the father of Mexican Cinema. From his directorial debut in 1941 to his work as an actor in the 1960s and 1970s, he became a national symbol, struggling against the marginalization of Mexico's native population. "His films are moving ……
Born 1943, in Elk Point, Alberta, Canada; Ethnicity: "Norwegian/Irish-American." Education: Vancouver School of Art, second year qualification, 1965; University of Alberta, B.Ed. (with distinction), 1970, M.A., 1988. Children's Literature Roundtable (executive member, 1979-99), Young Alberta Book Society (president, 1990-95), Writers' Guild of Alberta. Edmonton Journal …
Born 1964 (divorced, 1981); Education: Attended Pasadena City College and Greenwich University. Agent—Julie Castiglia, 1155 Camino Del Mar, Suite 510, Del Mar, CA 92014. Auto Club of Southern California, corporate writer, Los Angeles, CA, 1984-1988; Ireland Communications, Newport Beach, CA and Honolulu, HI, freelance writer, 1987—. Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Woman, Harvey House …
1955— Obstetrician-gynecologist, educator, author Hutcherson, Hilda, photograph. Photo courtesy of Hilda Hutcherson, M.D. Dr. Hilda Hutcherson is professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, director of Gynecologic Teaching Associates, associate dean of minority affairs and diversity, and sits on the admissions committee at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York …
1908-2003 Negro Leagues baseball star The full and fascinating history of baseball's Negro Leagues remains to be written. While African-American baseball players gained attention from white audiences in the years before and just after the integration of Major League Baseball in 1947, and "Satchel" Paige and other charismatic players became household names, many other highly ta…
Enrique Iglesias: 1975—: Singer, Songwriter. Enrique Iglesias catapulted to fame in the 1990s, holding a leading place among a new generation of Spanish-speaking pop stars whose music combines romantic ballads, hot Latin dance rhythms, and American rock influences. The son of globally-famous Latin crooner Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias has charted an independent course to his musical …
1981— Singer First-name-only diva Jamelia has scored some impressive chart hits in Britain, where the Birmingham native is one of her country's biggest pop stars. Often referred to as "the British Beyoncé"—a nod to her similarly glamorous American soul-diva counterpart—the young singer burst onto the charts in early 2000 with the song "Money,&#…
Born 1925, in Vienna, Austria; Education: Bedford College, London, B.Sc., 1945; attended Cambridge University, 1946-47; University of Durham, diploma in education, 1965. Hobbies and other interests: Ecology and environmental preservation, music, continental literature, history ("My favorite period is 1904!"). Agent—Curtis Brown, 162-168 Regent St., London W1R 5TA, England; Joh…
1957— Corporate executive Plenty of hard work, combined with her superior business and entrepreneurial skills, enabled Donna A. James, once a single, teenage mother, to climb the corporate ladder to become the first black woman executive at Nationwide, one of the country's largest insurance and financial services companies. From her position as vice president of human resources for N…
During his career Mexican screen idol Pedro Infante made more than 50 films and recorded hundreds of popular songs. His adoring fans nicknamed him the 'Idol of Guamuchil,' after the village he was born in, as well as the 'the King.' Though he made millions as an actor, rode an American Harley Davidson, and flew airplanes, to the Mexican public he always remained the kin…
Julio Iglesias: 1943—: Singer. Since the late 1960s, singer Julio Iglesias has established himself as an international star and sex symbol. By 1983 he had sold over 100 million records, setting a Guinness World Record, and by 2002 that figure had risen to more than 200 million. "There's an oddly appealing mix of pride and modesty about Julio Iglesias," wrote Andrew …
Born 1953, in Alhambra, CA; Education: University of California, Irvine, B.A., 1975; San Jose State University, M.L.S., 1977. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Protestant. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, snow skiing, waterskiing. Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach, CA, children's librarian, 1977-80; Newport Beach Public Library, Newport Beach, CA, children's librarian, 1980-87; F…
Born 1962, in IN; Education: Arizona State University, B.F.A., 1985; attended San Francisco State University, 1987-91. Agent—Ruth Cohen, P.O. Box 7626, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Educator in San Francisco, CA, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, and Bisbee, AZ, 1991-96; writer, 1991—; Copper Queen Library, AZ, library technician, beginning 1994. Booklist Editors' Choice se…
(Jodi O. Icenoggle) Born 1967, in Fridley, MN; Education: Montana State University, B.S. (physical education/sports medicine), 1992. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Boyds Mills Press, 815 Church St., Honesdale, PA 18431. Writer. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Treasure State Award nomination, and Florida Agriculture Literacy Day selection, both 2006, both for 'Til…
Born 1952, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; companion of Ann Haddon. Education: Melbourne Teachers College, Higher Diploma in Teaching, 1973. Office—Books Illustrated, 15 Graham St., Albert Park, Victoria 3206, Australia. Illustrator and author. Art teacher at Doveton High School and Ringwood High School, 1974–77; Ministry of Education's Publication Branch, Victoria, Austral…
Pseudonyms: Curt Cannon; Hunt Collins; Ezra Hannon; Richard Marsten; and Ed McBain. Nationality: American. Born: Salvatore A. Lombino, New York City, 1926. Education: Evander Childs High School, New York; Cooper Union, New York, 1943-44; Hunter College, New York, B.A. 1950 (Phi Beta Kappa). Military Service: United States Navy, 1944-46. Career: In the early 1950s taught in vocational high schools …
Nationality: American. Born: Kristin Elaine Eggleston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1931. Education: Charles Sumner School and Magnolia Public School, both Philadelphia; Haddon Heights High School, New Jersey, graduated 1947; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1947-51, B.S. in education 1951. Career: Philadelphia columnist and feature writer, Pittsburgh Courier, 1946-52; teacher, Camden, New…
Born 1944, in Gisborn 1970; Ethnicity: "Maori." Education: Attended University of Auckland, 1962-66; Victoria University of Wellington, B.A., 1970. Author. Post Office, Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand, postman, 1969-72; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand, diplomatic officer and writer, 1973-89; Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand, lecturer in the Englis…
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Toronto, Ontario, 1947. Education: Upper Canada College, Toronto; University of Toronto, B.A., 1969; Harvard University, Boston, (teaching fellow in social studies), 1971-74, Ph.D., 1975; Cambridge University (research fellow, King's College), 1978-84, M.A., 1978. Career: Reporter, The Globe and Mail, 1966-67; assistant professor of history, University of Britis…
Nationality: New Zealander. Born: Gisborne, 1944. Education: Te Karaka District High School, 1957-59; Church College of New Zealand, 1960-61; Gisborne Boys High School, 1962; University of Auckland, 1963-66; Victoria University, Wellington, 1968-72, B.A. 1972. Career: Cadet reporter, Gisborne Herald, 1967; journalist, Post Office Headquarters, Wellington, 1968-72; information officer, 1973-74, Thi…
Born 1935, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Education: University of Toronto, B.A.Sc., 1958, M.Sc., 1967; further graduate studies in geology at McMaster University, Queen's University, and Brock University. International Crime Writers, Crime Writers of Canada, Crime Writers of America, Crime Writers Association (U.K.), Historical Novel Society (U.K.). Grants from J. P. Bickell Foundation, Cana…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Lakemba, New South Wales, 1927. Career: Worked as a greenskeeper, in factories, and at an oil refinery. Awards: Adelaide Advertiser award, 1966; Miles Franklin award, 1972, 1977, 1980; The Age Book of the Year award, 1980. Member: Order of Australia, 1981. David Ireland is one of Australia's most innovative prose stylists. His first three novels depict a world…
Nationality: American. Born: Exeter, New Hampshire, 1942. Education: Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, graduated 1962; University of Pittsburgh 1961-62; University of Vienna, 1963-64; University of New Hampshire, Durham, B.A. (cum laude), 1965; University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.F.A. 1967. Career: Taught at Windham College, Putney, Vermont, 1967-69; lived in Vienna, 1969-71; writer-in-residence, Univ…
Nationality: British. Born: Nagasaki, Japan, 1954. Education: Woking County Grammar School for Boys, Surrey, 1966-73; University of Kent, Canterbury, B.A. (honors) in English and Philosophy 1978; University of East Anglia, Norwich, M.A. in creative writing 1980. Career: Community worker, Renfrew Social Works Department, 1976; social worker, 1979-80, and resettlement worker, West London Cyrenians L…
Nationality: Nigerian. Born: 1947. Educated in Nigeria; University of Bradford, Yorkshire, Ph.D. 1980. Career: Economic correspondent for several newspapers in Bendel; industrial training officer, Bendel State University, Ekpoma. Currently lecturer in business administration, University of Benin, Benin City. Awards: Association of Nigerian Authors prize, 1987; Commonwealth Writers prize, 1988. Fe…
Nationality: English. Born: Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, 1960. Education: Graduated in Theatre Studies from Dartington College of Arts; University of East Anglia, M.A. 1992. Career: Founder and singer-songwriter for band, variously called The Screaming Abdabs and The Dinner Ladies, 1980s. Agent: Derek Johns, 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR, England. In 1997 Mick Jackson's debut novel…
Nationality: British. Born: Johannesburg, South Africa, 1929. Education: The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1946-49, B.A. 1949. Career: Public relations assistant, South African Jewish Board of Deputies, Johannesburg, 1951-52; correspondence secretary, Mills and Feeds Ltd., Kimberley, South Africa, 1952-54. Fellow in Creative Writing, Stanford University, California, 1956-57; visit…
Nationality: British. Born: Manchester, 1942. Education: Stand Grammar School, 1953-60; Downing College, Cambridge, 1961-64, B.A. in English 1964. Career: Lecturer, University of Sydney, New South Wales, 1965-68; supervisor, Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1969-72; senior lecturer, Wolverhampton Polytechnic, West Midlands, 1974-80. Presenter, Traveller's Tales television series, 1991; currently …
Nationality: Trinidadian (immigrated to United States, U.S. citizenship pending). Born: Port of Spain, Trinidad. Education: University of West Indies (St. Augustine), B.S. (honors) in zoology and chemistry 1967; Columbia University, New York, M.A. in 1975, M.Sc. in education 1976, and doctorate in science education, 1978. Career: Science researcher, Department of Agriculture, Trinidad, 1961-64; hi…
Nationality: British. Born: Oxford, 1920. Education: Cambridge Girls' High School, 1931-37. During World War II worked as a Red Cross nurse and at the Ministry of Food. Career: Prior to World War II, assistant stage manager, Festival Theatre, Cambridge; principal administrative assistant, North West Regional Hospital Board, London, 1949-68; principal, Home Office, in police department, 1968…
1946— Government official Jackson, Alphonso, photograph. © 2003 Landov LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission. Alphonso R. Jackson heads the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Appointed to the job by President George W. Bush in 2004, Jackson is the nation's top housing chief and one of the few African Americans in Bush's cabinet. …
Nationality: American. Born: San Francisco, California, 1957. Education: Barnard College, New York, B.A. 1977; Hollins College, Virginia, M.A. 1979; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980-81. Career: Model, Vidal Sassoon, London and New York, 1975-77; assistant art director, Kenyon and Eckhardt, Boston, Massachusetts, 1977-78; writer-in-residence, Fine Arts Works Center, Provincetown, Massa…
1955(?)– Pastor, denominational leader The Rev. Major Lewis Jemison, Senior Pastor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma's St. John Missionary Baptist Church, has emerged as one of the key religious leaders of recent years. A political activist, an innovative church leader, and a bridge-builder between African-American denominations, he has addressed a great variety of issues that are central t…
Nationality: American. Born: Lillian Jen, c. 1956. Education: Harvard University, B.A. 1977; attended Stanford University, 1979-80; University of Iowa, M.F.A. 1983. Career: Lecturer in fiction writing, 1986, Tufts University; visiting writer, University of Massachusetts, 1990-91. Awards: Transatlantic Review award (Henfield Foundation), 1983; resident, MacDowell Colony, 1987; fellow, Radcliffe Bun…
Nationality: British. Born: Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1912. Education: Hamilton Academy; Glasgow University, 1931-35, B.A. (honors) in English 1935, M.A. 1936. Career: Teacher at Dunoon Grammar School; Ghazi College, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1957-59; British Institute, Barcelona, 1959-61; and Gaya School, Sabah, Malaysia, 1963-68. Awards: Frederick Niven award, 1956. Scotland, Spain, Afghanis…
See index for SATA sketch: Born April 8, 1939, in Philadelphia, PA; died of complications from breast cancer November 19, 2004, in Lebanon, NH. Illustrator and author. Hyman was a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of children's books. She studied art and illustration at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art and the Boston Museum School of the Arts in the late 1950s. She also attended …
children: one daughter. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Mondo Publishing, 980 Avenue of the America, New York, NY 10018. Writer. No Way, Winky Blue!, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, Mondo Publishing (New York, NY), 1996. Take a Bow, Winky Blue!, illustrated by Debbie Tilley, Mondo Publishing (New York, NY), 1998. Right on, Winky Blue!, illustrated by Debbie Tilley, Mondo Publishing (New York, NY), 1…
