Born October 21, in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada; Hobbies and other interests: Reading, singing, swimming, tap dancing, theatre. Agent—Kids Can Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Author and editor of children's books. OWL magazine, editor; writer for a software company; freelance editor for publishers, including Kids Can Press. Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators…
Born 1952; partner of Pete Hautman (a writer). Office—c/o Mid-List Press, 4324 12th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN, 55407-3218. Agent—Jennifer Flanney, Flanney Literary, 1140 Widefield Ct., Napervielle, IL 60563 (for Jane Chelius, 548 Second St., Brooklyn, NY 11215 (for adult). Poet, mystery novelist, editor, and author of children's books. First Book of Poetry award, Mid-List Pr…
1869–1939 Veterinarian Trinidadian-born Augustus Nathaniel Lushington became one of the first Americans of African descent to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree when he graduated from the program in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. Practicing for much of his career in segregated Lynchburg, Virginia, he experienced unjust treatment but was respected in …
(Nicholas Adams, a joint pseudonym, Victor Appleton, a joint pseudonym, Martin Delrio, a joint pseudonym, Douglas Morgan, a joint pseudonym, Robyn Tallis, a joint pseudonym) Born 1954, in White Plains, NY; Education: Attended University of Rochester; University of the State of New York, B.A. (English literature). Hobbies and other interests: Science fiction, cats, computers, cryptography, fencing.…
1976(?)– Singer, songwriter Lyfe, photograph. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images. Toledo, Ohio-born singer and songwriter Lyfe has a sound that is all his own. The many attempts that have been made to label it show just how unusual it is: they range from folk-rap (Lyfe's own contribution) to singer-songwriter (Seattle Times) to R&B/hip-hop/folk (Billboard). Lyfe writes honest, emoti…
Born 1948, in Hartford, CT; Education: Barnard College, B.A. (cum laude), 1970; University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 1980; attended Maryland Institute College of Art, 1995-97. Hobbies and other interests: History, travel, dogs, knitting. Agent—Ronnie Ann Herman, Herman Agency, 350 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025. Connecticut Supreme Court, Hartford, Staff Attorney, 1982-94.…
Born 1933, in Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada; life partner of Constance Brissenden (a writer). Ethnicity: Cree First Nations. Education: Attended residential school for First Nations has attended writing workshops. Writer. Worked as a fisherman, logger, and native counselor in Canada. Co-founder, with Constance Brissenden, of Living Traditions Writers Group, 1993—. Military service: Former mem…
Nationality: Trinidadian. Born: Taco, Trinidad, 1935. Career: Proofreader, Trinidad Guardian, 1953-54; civil servant: agricultural assistant in Jamaica, 1956-66; journalist, Trinidad and Tobago Express, 1967; lecturer in English, University of the District of Columbia, 1971-73; writer-in-residence, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, 1986. Since 1977 teacher, University of the West Indies, Saint …
Born 1941, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Education: Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, M.A.; l' École Pratique des Hautes É tudes, Paris, Ph.D.; also studied modern art at Museum of Rio de Janeiro and Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Agent—Lucia Ryff, Rua Visconde de Pirajá 414/1108, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journalist and author. Universidad de Rio d…
Nationality: American. Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1926. Education: Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, A.B. in history and English 1947. Career: Lecturer, 1968-73, adjunct associate professor, 1973-76, associate professor, 1976-79, and since 1979 professor of English, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Awards: Yaddo Foundation fellowship, 1963, 1964, 1966; Guggenheim fellowship, 1965; Ro…
Born 1964, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Education: Waikato Unversity, B.A., 1984. Agent—Michael Gifkins, Michael Gifkins & Associates, P.O. Box 6496, Auckland, New Zealand. Writer. Has also worked in travel industry; designer of commercial Web sites. Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand No-table Book, 2004, for The A'nzarian Chronicle, Book One: Roivan. (Se…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Melbourne, Victoria, 1938. Education: Melbourne High School; Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Divorced; one son and one daughter. Career: Worked in advertising, early 1960s; lived in Europe and Morocco, 1965-72, then in Melbourne. Morris Lurie is one of Australia's most prolific writers, centering himself firmly in the fabulist tradition, or, more col…
Nationality: Canadian. Born: 1958. Education: National Theatre School. Career: Actress; playwright and novelist; host, Life and Times (CBC-TV), Toronto. Lives in Toronto, Canada. Awards: Gemini Award; Governor General's award; Chalmers award; Canadian Authors Association award; Commonwealth prize; Best First Book award. Ann-Marie MacDonald has worked as an actor, director, producer, playwri…
Nationality: Irish. Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1942. Education: Queen's University, Belfast, B.A. (honors) in English 1974, diploma in education 1975. Career: Medical laboratory technician, Belfast, 1960-70; teacher of English, St. Augustine's High School, Edinburgh, 1975-78, and Islay High School, 1978-81; writer-in-residence, University of Aberdeen, 1983-85. Since 1981 full-t…
Nationality: American. Born: Knoxville, Tennessee, 1933. Education: Knox High School, Knoxville; Iowa State Teachers College (now University of Northern Iowa), Cedar Falls, 1956; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, B.S. 1957; San Francisco State College, M.A. 1958; Yale Drama School (John Golden fellow), New Haven, Connecticut, 1959-60. Military Service: Served in the United States Army, 1955-56. …
Nationality: Northern Irish. Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1960. Education: Trinity College, Dublin, B.A. 1983; University of East Anglia, M.A. 1985. Awards: Hennessy literary award, 1980; Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, 1987; Somerset Maugham award (Society of Authors), 1989. Agent: A. P. Watt Ltd., 20 John Street, London WC1N 2DR, England. Deirdre Madden, born in 1960, is an important voi…
Nationality: English-Sudanese. Born: London (raised in Sudan), 1960. Education: Comboni College, Sudan; Atlantic College, Wales; University of Sheffield, England. Career: Translator and writer. Lives in Aarhus, Denmark. Awards: Guardian/Heinemann African Short Story prize. According to Abiola Irele, modern African fiction by writers such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka predominantly explores iss…
Nationality: American. Born: Long Branch, New Jersey, 1923. Education: Boys' High School, Brooklyn, New York, graduated 1939; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (associate editor, Harvard Advocate), 1939-43, S.B. (cum laude) in aeronautical engineering 1943; the Sorbonne, Paris, 1947. Military Service: Served in the United States Army, 1944-46: Sergeant. Career: Co-founder, 1955, …
Born 1950; Religion: Christian. Hobbies and other interests: Coaching Junior Olympic softball, music. Agent—Lee Hough, ALIVE Communications, 7680 Goddard St., Ste 200, Colorado Springs, CO 89020; Kathleen M. Campbell, Campbell Public Relations, LLC, 1255 Lake Plaza Dr., Ste. 244, Colorado Springs, CO 80906. Worked previously as a technical writer; story consultant for Left Behind: The Movi…
Born 1910, in Brentwood, Long Island, NY; Education: Swarthmore College, B.A., 1931; Yale University, M.F.A., 1934. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Peter Bedrick Books, 156 Fifth Ave., Ste 817, New York, NY 10010. Director of summer stock players, "Forty-niners," Whitefield, NH, 1933–41; Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, director of dramatics, 1934–46; Montreal Negro Th…
Education: Furman University, 1982. Agent—c/o Author's Mail, Harcourt St., Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101. Teacher and author. When Papa Snores, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2000. Melinda Long Hiccup Snickup, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2001. How I Became a Pirate, illustrated by David Shannon, Harcourt (S…
(Jonathan Sherwood) Born 1947, in Brooklyn, NY; Education: San Jose State University, B.A., 1969, M.A., 1970; Sonoma State University, teaching certificate for grades K-12, 1985. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, backpacking, kayaking, cross-country skiing. Agent—Barbara Kouts, P.O. Box 560, Bellport, NY 11713. Freelance laborer, dancer, child counselor, display installer, 1979—; …
Born 1936, in Iowa City, IA; Education: Stanford University, B.A. (modern European history), 1957; Columbia University, M.L.S., 1959; University of Toronto, B.Ed, 1975. Writer and storyteller. Children's librarian in San Diego, CA; lower-school librarian at Dalton School, New York, NY; librarian in Rhode Island, 1965-72; Toronto School Board, teacher-librarian. Children's Book Store,…
Education: Bachelor degrees in music and elementary education, library endorsement; M.A. (applied liberal studies). Agent—Marcia Wernick, Sheldon Fogelman Agency, Inc., 10 East 40th St., New York, NY 10016. Writer. Formerly worked as a music teacher, classroom teacher, librarian, and school director. Speaker at conferences, schools, and libraries. …
Born 1959, in New Bedford, MA; Education: Attended University of New Hampshire, 1977–79; University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. (communications and Spanish), 1981. Office—Ludwig Creative, Inc., P.O. Box 25505, Portland, OR 97298-0505. Children's author and lecturer. Bilingual immigration consultant, 1982–85; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, projects m…
Born 1950, in Whyalla, South Australia, Australia; father a bricklayer. Education: University of Sheffield, degree (social psychology). Singer, songwriter, storyteller, and writer. Commonwealth Institute, former exhibition educational coordinator; business communication facilitator and communications consultant. Tutor at storytelling retreats; performer at storytelling festivals throughout the wor…
1960— Singer, songwriter, bassist The music of Seattle-based artist Laura Love has been labeled as Afro-Celtic or folk-funk; it merges the rhythms of urban styles with the stringed-instrument sounds of folk and acoustic music, using the whole fusion to support an impressive set of original songs. After the 1997 release of her major-label debut, Octoroon, Love became one of the folk scene&#x…
1933— Labor union leader Lucy, William, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission. For over three decades William (Bill) Lucy was at the fore-front of the labor movement. As Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for 30-plus years, Lucy helped the group grow from 200,000 to over 1.4 million members in 3,500 uni…
1935-2005 Artist The 20th-century artistic style known as abstract expressionism, with its emphasis on patterns, geometrical shapes, and works that focus on the process of making art, has grown into a generally accepted part of the American cultural vocabulary. But when Alvin Loving began his career, abstract art was not practiced by many black artists. At the time Loving began working in the 1960…
Female. Office—c/o Eaglemont Press, 1309 114th Avenue SE, Suite 200, Bellevue, WA 98004. Photographer, writer, and publisher. (With Laura Hurwitz) Tigers in Terai, illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, Eaglemont Press (Bellevue, WA), 2003. (With Laura Hurwitz) Safari in South Africa, illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, Eaglemont Press (Bellevue, WA), 2003. (With Laura Hurwitz) Amazon River Rescue, illu…
(Katie Maxwell) Hobbies and other interests: Reading, needlework, playing with her dogs, playing The Sims. Agent—Michelle Grajkowski, Three Seas Literary Agency, P.O. Box 8571, Madison, WI 53708. Writer. Worked variously as a bird skeleton cleaner, computer programmer, and a sales assistant for Harrods department store. Romance Writers of America, Society of Children's Book Writers …
Born 1940, in Columbus, OH; Education: Attended Columbus College of Art and Design. Agent—c/o Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215. Ohio Public Library, Columbus, assistant librarian, 1958-64; Mountain States Telephone Company, Boise, ID, draftsperson, 1964-66; illustrator at television station in Mississippi, 1966-67; North American Rockwell Corporation, Columbus…
Born 1951, in Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia; Education: Teachers College of Western Australia (now Edith Cowan University), diploma in education, 1974; University of Western Australia, B.A., 1983. Writer. Teacher at secondary schools in Western Australia, 1974–75; Perth, Australia, federal public servant, 1977–97. Aurealis Award for Best Australian Fantasy Novel, 1998, and Wes…
Luis González Macchi: 1947—: Paraguayan leader. Dubbed an "accidental president" by one diplomat and "the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time" by a Paraguayan radio talk-show host (both characterizations were quoted in the New York Times, Paraguayan president Luis González Macchi faced a series of extraordinarily diffi-cult tasks when…
Born 1954, in Darby, PA; Education: St. Joseph's University, B.A., 1976; Villanova University, J.D., 1979. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, traveling, "playing competitive sports such as ice hockey and softball." Office—11 South Olive St., 4th Floor, P.O. Box 1081, Media, PA 19063. William Luttrell Attorney at law, 1979—; writer. Society of Children&#…
Felipe González Márquez: 1942—: Spanish prime minister. Felipe González Márquez, Spanish prime minister from 1982 to 1996, helped transform his country's government from a repressive dictatorial regime into an open, progressive democracy. For nearly half a century before González's election, Spain was isolated from the rest of the world, …
Given name, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone; born 1958, in Bay City, MI; Education: Attended University of Michigan, 1976-78. Office—c/o Sire Records, 75 Rockefeller Pl., New York, NY 10019. Agent—Bryan Lourd, ICM, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934. The English Roses, illustrated by Jeffrey Fulvimari, Callaway (New York, NY), 2003. Mr. Peabody's Apples, illustr…
Born 1966, in Joplin, MO; Education: University of Kentucky, B.A., 1987; graduate study at the American Academy of Art (Chicago, IL). Hobbies and other interests: Baseball, kayaking. Agent—Richard Solomon, 305 East 50th St., New York, NY 10022. Recipient of two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators; One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing citation, New York Public Library, and Go…
Born 1949, in Chicago, IL; Education: DePaul University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1971. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, playing flute, gardening, painting. Office—PMB 69B, 220 N. Zapata Highway 11A, Laredo, TX 78043. Worked variously as flight attendant for TransWorld Airlines, French teacher in Williams Bay, WI, assistant in Bozo's Circus, Chicago, IL, hotel convention manager,…
1952— Actor Lumbly, Carl, photograph. © Glenn Weiner/Auma/Corbis. In the role of Agent Dixon on the hit television program Alias in the early 2000s, Carl Lumbly conveyed a streak of edgy intensity lurking beneath the veneer of a traditional supporting actor's sidekick part. That intensity has run through much of Lumbly's acting work and has its roots in the dynamic…
Born 1947, in NJ; Education: Attended Cornell University, 1968, and San Francisco State University, 1970; Carnegie-Mellon University, B.A., 1969. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Newmarket Press, 18 East 48th St., New York, NY 10017. Writer. President of board of directors of Sequoyah School. Has appeared as a guest on television shows, including Oprah, Today, and Good Morning America. …
Jennifer Lopez: 1970—: Actor, singer, dancer. Jennifer Lopez is what is known in the entertainment business as a "triple threat"—she can dance, sing, and act. She was a dancing Fly Girl on the 1990s television show In Living Color, and got her break in her lead role as Selena, the 1997 film about the murdered Tejano pop star. She became the first Latina actress to h…
Nancy Lopez: 1957—: Golfer. Hall-of-Fame golfer Nancy Lopez, who began playing golf at an early age, has won numerous championships including the LPGA Championship. Lopez has received many awards and is known for her phenomenal early rise to fame. Her enduring skill on the course, and her open and friendly demeanor has garnered her many fans across the nation. …
Born 1926, in New York, NY; Education: Smith College, B.A., 1947; attended Columbia University, 1956-58. Hobbies and other interests: "Painting and ceramics were my first interests. I still sing in a local chorus. Travel stimulates, and many a line has come to me on a tennis court." Agent—Scott Tremel, 434 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10003. Warren Schloat Productions, Tarryto…
(Del Tremens) Born 1951, in Beverly, Massachusetts; Education: Pingree School, 1965-69; University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1973; Centre de Formation des Journalistes, 1982-83, fellow. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Unitarian. Proposition Theatre, Cambridge, MA, publicity directory, 1975-76; Harvard Post, Harvard, MA, editor, 1976-82; Highwire magazine, Lowell, MA, senior editor, 1983-84; Cambridge U…
Born 1973, in New York, NY; Education: Vassar College, graduated, 1995. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Candlewick Press, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Writer. Authors League. Love and Other Four-Letter Words was an American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers and an International Reading Association Young Adults Choice. Love and Other Four-Letter Words, Delacorte (N…
Critics have deemed Cuban-born playwright Eduardo Machado one of the leading dramatic voices in his generation of Latino writers. Machado's English-language works, nearly all of them autobiographical or based on his family's experiences as Cuban émigrés to the United States, have earned him a reputation as a trenchant observer of the social, cultural, and political expe…
Jamil Mahaud: 1949—: Political leader. In a dramatic television address on January 9, 2000, Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad announced an economic austerity package designed to jolt the nation's economy out of its worst recession since the 1930s. In addition to privatization plans for some government-operated utilities, Mahuad indicated that subsidies on gasoline and heating fue…
Wendy Lucero-Schayes: 1963—: Olympic diver. Olympic springboard diver Wendy Lucero-Schayes' lifelong desire to succeed as an athlete led to an impressive career that included nine national titles, three U.S. Olympic Festival medals, and participation in the 1988 Olympics. She flourished as a diver in the early 1990s, demolishing the competition in almost every event that she ente…
Born 1970, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Education: Queen's University, B.A., 1992; also studied at Emily Carr College of Fine Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and University of Toronto. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Kids Can Press Ltd., 29 Birch Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 1E2. The Jumbo Book of Art, Kids Can Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003. …
Joel E. Ferris Award, Cheney-Cowles Museum, 1991, for The Journals of Patrick Gass: Member of the Lewis Carol Lynn MacGregor and Clark Expedition; Professional development awards, Boise State University, 1997 and 1999. Prosperity in Isolation: Boise, Idaho, 1882-1910. …
children: three. Author of children's books, family travel guides, and magazine articles; former family travel editor for Family Life magazine and Parents' magazine. My New Baby-Sitter, photographs by George Ancona, Morrow (New York, NY), 1991. At the Laundromat, illustrated by Nancy Poydar, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1993. At the Library, illustrated by Nancy Poydar, Scholastic (New…
Born 1940, in Seymour, IN; Education: Indiana University, A.B., 1962, Ph.D., 1979; University of Washington, M.L.S., 1964; University of Hawaii, M.Ed. Ec., 1969. King County Library System, Seattle, WA, children's librarian, 1964–65; Hawaii State Library, Honolulu, bookmobile librarian, 1966–68; Mountain Valley Library System, Sacramento, CA, children's consultant, 1969…
(Alisa Craig, Matilda Hughes) See index for SATA sketch: Born November 12, 1922, in Bath, New Brunswick, Canada; died January 14, 2005, in Lewiston, ME. Author. MacLeod was an award-winning author best known for her "cozy" mysteries. Brought to Boston from Canada with her family when still an infant, she attended what is now the Art Institute of Boston and became a naturalized U.S. c…
Miguel Mármol: 1905-1993: Union activist. A shoemaker by trade and a revolutionary by avocation, Miguel Mármol devoted his life to organizing the peasants and workers of El Salvador and Guatemala. He was a founding member of El Salvador's Communist Party (CP) and the Young Communist League. The Salvadoran National Guard called him the "Red Phantom," because h…
(Kathleen Ann Love) Born 1947, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Ethnicity: "Anglo." Education: University of Toronto, B.A. 1969, M.A., 1970, B.Ed., 1991. Politics: "Green." Religion: Anglican. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, travel, natural history. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Ticknor & Fields, 215 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10003. Children's author, 199…
children: Caroline, John. Office—P.O. Box 193, Southfield, MA 01259. Agent—Charisse Meloto, Scholastic, Inc. 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012. Musician, producer, and writer. Singer-songwriter with bands The Griswolds and Cosmic Gypsies, beginning c. 1990s; Holed up Studio, Atlanta, GA, producer, until 1998; songwriter for Cosmic Gypsies, 1991–; Off the Beat-n-Track (recordin…
Born 1938, in Cheyenne, WY; Education: University of Connecticut, B.A., 1962. Office—Department of Education, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063. Agent—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins, 10 E. 53rd St., New York, NY 10022. Writer and educator. Bennett Junior High School, Manchester, CT, English teacher, 1963–79; Smith College, Northampton, MA, visiting lecturer, 1986–; w…
(Kerry Madden-Lunsford) Born 1961, in Daytona Beach, FL; Education: University of Tennessee, B.A. (speech and theatre), M.F.A. (playwriting). Agent—Marianne Merola, Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, 1501 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. Journalist, novelist, teacher, and playwright. Ningbo University, China, teacher of English, c. 1986; Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA…
Agent—Kendra Marcus, Bookstop Literary Agency, 67 Meadow View Road, Orinda, CA 94563. Modern Language Association of America, Virginia Woolf Society, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Appalachian Writers Association, War Resisters League, Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice, Phi Beta Kappa. Lamont Hall Award, Andrew Mountain Press, 1983, for Mountain; Go…
Years ago I wrote a picture book about where I'm from. Called Mountain * Bowl * Honeycomb, it was accepted for publication and two illustrators did sample pictures, but in the end my editor decided the problem was that it wasn't illustratable. It wasn't a picture book, but a poem. Here it is: Growing up in the mountains of Kentucky has been a shaping force in my life, second o…
