OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born February 10, 1934, in Hudson, NH; died of cancer June 23, 2003, in Washington, DC. Artist, educator, and illustrator. Morrill was an award-winning children's book illustrator. Originally contemplating becoming a dancer, he was talented in tap but decided not to make it his profession because the physically demanding career would likely …
Born 1961, in England. Education: Cambridge, University, M.A. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ, England. Writer. Former teacher of English; founder, Magic Readers, 1994–; founder, Child Literacy Centre. Fleshmarket named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. Bouncy Gets Wet, Egmont (London, England), 1999. Come down, Silky!…
(Jill Farrar) Born 1936, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Education: University of Queensland, B.A. and diploma in education; Trinity College, London, study in speech and drama. Religion: Church of England (Anglican). Writer. Bundaberg State High School, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, teacher; Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1957–78, began as radio programming producer, then telev…
1975– Professional rugby player, boxer Anthony Mundine is one of Australia's most celebrated—and controversial—athletes. A member of the Aboriginal, or indigenous Australian, community, Mundine began speaking out on racism during a storied career as the country's highest paid rugby player, and continued to do so after he made a major switch over to professional b…
1949— University administrator, international sorority administrator In 2002 Barbara C. Moore became, by unanimous vote, the 22nd international president, or Grand Basileus, of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, a black Greek letter organization with 750 chapters and 100,000 members located in the United States, Germany, and the Virgin Islands. In addition she is vice president of Institutional Advanc…
Born in Antwerp, Belgium; Education: Attended Hunter College, City University of New York. Moed-Kass's contemporary novel finds a German teen working at an Israeli kibbutz where an act of politically motivated violence reveals facts about the boy's grandfather's past as a Nazi officer. (Cover photography by Stockbytel/Picturequest.) Agent—Deborah Harris, 9 Yael St., Jer…
Born 1963, in Thionville, France; immigrated to Italy, 1970. Education: Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, graduated, 1991. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Barefoot Books U.S., 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Illustrator, educator, and goldsmith. School of Arts, Bologna, Italy, instructor in illustration, beginning 2005; art teacher in workshops for adults and children. Premio Andersen …
Born in Radville, Saskatchewan, Canada; children: Tyler, Rynette, Chantelle, Sarah. Office—c/o Yvette Moore Fine Art Gallery, 76 Fairford St. West, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada S6H 1V1. Artist, illustrator, and gallery owner. Yvette Moore Fine Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, owner. Worked as a director of Moose Jaw Chamber of Commerce, Moose Jaw Tourism Board and Building …
Born 1994; children: a son. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Barefoot Books, 2067 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Children's book author and illustrator. Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), Parent's Choice Award Winner, Northern California Book Award Nomination, Childre…
Born 1963, in Riverside, WI; Education: Oklahoma Baptist University, B.A., 1985; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M. Div., 1989, Ph.D., 1994. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Baptist. Gerald Morris Office—P.O. Box 2014, Wausau, WI 54401-2014. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY, adjunct professor of Hebrew and biblical interpretation, 1994-95; Ouachita Baptist U…
Born 1948, in Stoke-on-Trent, England; Education: Oxford University, B.A., 1969; Cambridge University, Ph.D., 1975. Agent—Sara Menguc, 4 Hatch Place, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 5NB, England. Teacher at convent school in Cambridge, England, 1972–74; Cambridge University, Cambridge, researcher in astronomy, 1975–78; writer, 1978—. British Antarctic Survey Headquarte…
Born 1957; Education: Tufts University, B.A., 1978; Rhode Island School of Design, M.A.E., 1982. Hobbies and other interests: Weekly open-studio life drawing. Agent—Ginger Knowlton, Curtis Brown, Ltd., 10 Astor Place, New York, NY 10003. Artist and illustrator. Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children designation, American Booksellers Association Pick-of-the-Lists designation, and New …
Female. Education: Attended Southern Illinois University; State University of New York, Binghampton, M.A.; Kent State University, Ph.D. (English literature). Agent—c/o Author Mail, Henry Holt & Co., 115 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011. Teacher and author. Over the River, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2002. The Purple Ribbon, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2003. Contributor to Storydog.co…
Born 1940, in England. Education: Attended art school. Agent—c/o Author Mail, The Chicken House, 2 Palmer St., Frome, Somerset BA11 1DS, England. Writer. Worked as a journalist and cartoonist. The Black Dwarf, Hodder and Stoughton (London, England), 1985. The Kid from Riga, Hodder and Stoughton (London, England), 1987. The Harlot of Jericho, Macdonald (London, England), 1989. The Century, M…
Born in Australia; Education: University of Sydney, B.A.; Yale University, M.A.; Cambridge University, Ph.D. Agent—c/o Author Mail, House of Anansi Press, 110 Spadina Ave., Ste. 801, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2K4, Canada; fax: 416-363-1017. Writer. Media and entertainment lawyer practicing in Sydney, Australia. Cicada Summer ("Paradise Point" series), Pan Australia (Sydney, New Sou…
Born 1942, in Rockville, CT; Education: Rhode Island Stuart J. Murphy School of Design, B.F.A., 1964; graduate, Harvard Business School management program. Hobbies and other interests: Sketching, Italian language. Agent—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins Publishers, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. The Best Bug Parade, illustrated by Holly Keller, HarperCollins (New York, N…
(Bill Barclay, William Ewert Barclay, Michael Barrington, a joint pseudonym, Edward P. Bradbury, James Colvin, Philip James, a joint pseudonym, Michael John Moorcock, Desmond Reid, a house pseudonym) Born 1939, in Mitcham, Surrey, England; Education: Attended ten schools, including Michael Hall School, Sussex, and Pitman's College. Hobbies and other interests: Songwriting, performing in roc…
1936— Library administrator On October 23, 1999, Sam Morrison, then director of the Broward County (Florida) Library System, watched the ground break for the African-American Research Library and Cultural Center. The center was the realization of his wish to build a facility for the exchange of information and ideas relating to African culture and the black experience that would attract vis…
Nationality: British. Born: Hong Kong in 1950; brought to London in 1960. Education: Mill Hill School, London; St. John's College, Oxford. Career: Journalist, Times Educational Supplement, New Statesman, and Boxing News, all London. Awards: Geoffrey Faber Memorial prize, 1978; Hawthornden prize, 1982; James Tait Black Memorial prize, 1999. Hong Kong-born Timothy Mo, the son of a Cantonese …
Nationality: American. Born: Lawton, Oklahoma, 1934. Education: The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, A.B. 1958; Stanford University, California (creative writing fellow, 1959), A.M. 1960, Ph.D. 1963. Career: Assistant professor, 1963-67, and associate professor, 1967-69, University of California, Santa Barbara; professor of English and comparative literature, University of California, Berkel…
Nationality: American. Born: 1962. Education: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A.; Columbia University, New York, graduate writing program. Awards: Pushcart Press Editors' Book Award; O. Henry Award. Rick Moody is one of the most gifted American novelists of his generation. Born in New York City, Moody spent his childhood and youth in many northeastern American locations. The …
Born 1977; Education: Art Center of Design, B.F.A. (illustration; with honors). Illustrator. CBA Gold Medallion Book Award. Eleanor Doan, compiler, A Child's Treasury of Verse, Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI), 1977. Bernice Hogan, My Grandmother Died—but I Won't Forget Her, Abingdon Press (Nashville, TN), 1983. Peter S. Seymour, Baby Animals at Play, Franklin Watts (New York, NY)…
Pseudonyms: Bill Barclay; Edward P. Bradbury; James Colvin; Hank Janson; Desmond Reid. Nationality: British. Born: Mitcham, Surrey, 1939. Military Service: Served in the Royal Air Force Training Corps. Career: Editor, Tarzan Adventures, London, 1956-57, and Sexton Blake Library, Fleetway Publications, London, 1958-61; editor and writer for Liberal Party, 1962-63. Editor since 1964 and publisher si…
Nationality: American. Born: Marie Lorena Moore in Glens Falls, New York, 1957. Education: St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1974-78, B.A. (summa cum laude) 1978; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1980-82, M.F.A. 1982. Career: Assistant professor, 1984-87, and since 1987 associate professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Awards: National Endowment for the Arts award, 19…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Nowra, New South Wales, 1938. Education: The University of Queensland, 1959-61. Military Service: Served in the Australian Army and Reserves, 1957-59. Career: Journalist, Sydney Telegraph, 1956-59; editor, Lockhart Review, New South Wales, 1960, and Australian Worker, Sydney, 1962; assistant secretary, Workers' Educational Association, Sydney, 1963-65; union o…
Nationality: American. Born: Chloe Anthony Wofford, Lorain, Ohio, 1931. Education: Howard University, Washington, D.C., B.A. 1953; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, M.A. 1955. Career: Instructor in English, Texas Southern University, Houston, 1955-57, and Howard University, 1957-64; senior editor, Random House, publishers, New York, 1965-84; associate professor, State University of New York, P…
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born March 17, 1909, in New York, NY; died July 20, 2004, in Seattle, WA. Educator, editor, and author. Moore, a popular children's books author, was also noted for her work with Scholastic, Inc., in creating a line of affordable paper backs for children and for helping to found the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Graduating from …
Nationality: British. Born: Hampstead, London, 1923. Education: Harrow School, Middlesex, 1937-40; Brasenose College, Oxford, 1940-42, B.A. 1947; called to the bar, 1948; Queen's Counsel, 1966; Master of the Bench, Inner Temple, 1975. Military Service: Served with the Crown Film Units as scriptwriter during World War II. Career: drama critic, New Statesman, Evening Standard, and Observer, 1…
Born 1974; Education: Attended École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (architecture). Agent—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd St., 7th Fl., New York, NY 10022. Editor and publisher. Worked variously as a secretary, electrician, house painter, and cigarette girl; Raw (magazine), New York, NY, co-publisher and editor, beginning 1980; New Yorker, New York, NY, art e…
Nationality: British. Born: Lord Ravensdale in London, 1923; eldest son of Sir Oswald Mosley; became 3rd Baron Ravensdale, 1966; succeeded to the baronetcy of his father, 1980. Education: Eton College, Berkshire, 1937-42; Ballio College, Oxford, 1946-47. Military Service: Served in the Rifle Brigade, 1942-46; Captain; Military Cross, 1944. Awards: Whitbread Book of the Year award, 1990. Made a pee…
Born 1943, in Bowling Green, KY; companion of Gary Crumback (a software engineer); Ethnicity: "Scottish/Irish/German." Education: University of Kentucky, B.A., 1964; San Francisco State University, M.A., 1977. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Episcopalian. Hobbies and other interests: Playing the flute, opera, classical music. Agent—Elizabeth Winick, McIntosh & Otis, 353 L…
Nationality: American. Born: Los Angeles, California, 1952. Education: Attended Goddard College; received degree from Johnson State College; attended City College of the City University of New York, beginning 1985. Career: Formerly a computer programmer; writer. Lives in New York. Awards: Shamus Award (Private Eye Writers of America), 1990. Agent: c/o W. W. Norton, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New …
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Calcutta, India, 1940; became Canadian citizen, 1972. Education: Loreto Convent School, Calcutta; University of Calcutta, B.A. (honors) in English 1959; University of Baroda, Gujarat, M.A. 1961; University of Iowa, Iowa City, M.F.A. 1963; Ph.D. 1969. Career: Instructor in English, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1964-65, and University of Wisconsin, Madison…
Nationality: Irish. Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1925. Career: Associate editor, The Bell, 1952-54; weekly columnist, Evening Press, until 1983; writer in residence, Mayo County Council, 1988; novelist, journalist, lecturer, and teacher of creative writing. Awards: A.I.B. Prize for literature, 1984. Val Mulkerns, born in 1925, has had what amounts to two separate publishing careers. In the 1950s, some …
Nationality: Nigerian. Born: Akokwa, 1929. Education: Christ the King College, Onitsha, 1943-47; University College, Ibadan, 1948-52, B.A. in classics and history 1952; Institute of Education, University of London, 1952-53, Cert. Ed. 1953. Career: Education Officer, 1954-57, and Provincial Education Officer and Inspector of Education, 1958-70, Nigerian Ministry of Education; Principal, Advanced Te…
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Alice Anne Laidlaw, Wingham, Ontario, 1931. Education: Wingham public schools; University of Western Ontario, London, 1949-51. Career: Writerin-residence, University of Western Ontario, 1974-75, and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1980. Awards: Governor-General's award, 1969, 1978, 1987; B.C. Library Association Outstanding Fiction Writer's awa…
Born 1971, in Topeka, KS; Education: Rhode Island School of Design, M.F.A. Religion: "Atheist." Hobbies and other interests: Karate. Office—464 Pratt St. Extension, Box 10, Meriden, CT 06450. Author and illustrator. (Self-illustrated) Antonio's Apprenticeship: Painting a Fresco in Renaissance Italy, Holiday House (New York, NY), 1996. (Self-illustrated) The Neptune Foun…
The name of Vinícius de Moraes is not well known in English-speaking countries, but he helped to create two of the enduring icons of twentieth century culture: the film Black Orpheus and the song "Girl from Ipanema" were both taken from plays and songs he wrote. Moraes was a Brazilian writer whose work over his long career encompassed both the elite realm of poetry and the dem…
Nationality: Australian. Born: Melbourne, Victoria, in 1939. Education: The University of Melbourne, B.A. 1969. Career: Currently lecturer in creative writing, Victoria College, Melbourne. Gerald Murnane began as a writer of confessedly autobiographical fiction of a talented but fairly conventional kind, but developed eventually into a writer who has been variously classified as postmodernist or …
Born 1959; Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A. (art history); attended California College of Arts and Crafts. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Tricycle Press, P.O. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707. Author and illustrator. Authors Guild, PEN West, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Screenwriters Guild. Parent Council Outstanding Award for informational book, 2000, …
Born 1952, in St. Louis, MO; Education: Indiana University, B.A., 1974, M.A. (journalism), 1975. Religion: Presbyterian. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Holiday House, 425 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017. Journalist and author. Reporter for Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, IN, and Louisville Times, KY; Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, editorial writer; freelance writer. Pulitzer Prize finalist for e…
Agent—Caroline Walsh, David Higham Associates, 5-8 Lower John St., Golden Square, London W1R 4HA, England. Primary teacher, Cambs Lea, United Kingdom, 1975-85, special needs teacher, 1986-99; freelance writer, 1999—. Society of Authors. Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award, 1997, for Royal Raps; Smarties Silver Medal, 2000, for The Red and White Spotted Handkerchief. Mr. Marv…
Previously Education: Attended Hereford College of Art and Bath Academy of Art. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Phyllis Fogelman Books, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014. Author and illustrator. Exhibitions: National Library of Wales, 1999. Children's Book Federation Award shortlist, 1997, for The Snow Whale; Tir Na N-og Prize for Best English Book of the Year, Welsh Books Council, 1997, fo…
(Liz Moore) Born 1959, in Zwiebruken, Germany; Education: Wilfrid Laurier University, B.A., 1980; attended Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), 1995-97, and University of Western Ontario, 2003-04; Althouse Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, B.Ed., 2004. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Orca Book Publishers Ltd., P.O. Box 5626, Sta. B, Victoria, British Colu…
Born 1932, in Minneapolis, MN; Education: University of Maryland, B.A., 1959, M.A., 1961, Ph.D., 1964. Politics: "Liberal Democrat." Religion: Presbyterian. Waynesburg College, Waynesburg, PA, associate professor of history, 1964-67; Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, professor of history, 1967-2001. Foreign expert at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1990. Military service…
Nicholasa Mohr: 1938—: Writer. Nicholasa Mohr achieved critical acclaim with her first novel, Nilda, published in 1973. In fact, Nilda won several notable literary awards. A classic novel of a Puerto Rican girl coming of age in New York City during World War II, Nilda included eight illustrations and a book jacket created by the author that also won several awards. One critic, Donald B.…
Rita Moreno: 1931—: Actress, singer, dancer. Rita Moreno's versatility as a performer has led to decades of success on stage, screen, and television. She is the only female entertainer to have won all four of the most prestigious show business awards: the Oscar for the role of Anita in the 1962 film West Side Story, the Tony for the role of Googie Gomez in the 1975 production of …
Anthony Munoz: 1958—: Former professional football player. Anthony Munoz was an offensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals football team in the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 to 1992. He was an 11-time All-Pro offensive lineman, and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Munoz, a devout Christian, was also known off the field as a gentleman who helped his community and…
(Leland Exton Modesitt, Jr.) Born 1943, in Denver, CO; (second marriage) Elizabeth Leanore, Kristen Linnea; (stepEducation: Williams College, B.A., 1965; graduate study at University of Denver, 1970–71. Politics: Republican. Religion: Presbyterian. Author, 1973–. C. A. Norgren Co. (industrial pneumatics company), Littleton, CO, market research analyst, 1969–70; Koelbel & C…
1958— Executive, civil rights activist Morial, Marc H., photograph. AP/Wide World Photos Reproduced by permission. As both politician and leader of the National Urban League, Marc H. Morial has dedicated himself to helping others. Morial served two terms as mayor of New Orleans. His tenure marked the third time in the city's history that an African-American held the top post. …
1938— British trade union leader Morris, Bill, photograph. Julian Herbert/Getty Images Arguably the most influential black Briton in history, labor leader Bill Morris moved to England in 1954 from Jamaica. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1958 and became one of the union's full-time officials in 1973, rising through the ranks to become its leader i…
Rafael Moneo: 1937—: Architect. Spanish architect Rafael Moneo took one of his field's top honors in 1996 when he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The first Spanish architect ever to win the award, Moneo became part of an esteemed roster of winners that included I. M. Pei, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson. Six years later, Moneo won critical acclaim for the Cathedra…
Carlos García Montoya: 1903-1993: Guitarist. Carlos Montoya transformed flamenco guitar in the 1950s and 1960s, showing that it deserved consideration as an art form outside of its traditional context as background music for dancers with casta-nets. "Hailed by guitar wizards such as Steve Howe, Robbie Krieger, and Eddie Van Halen as a genius and inspiration," wrote Guille…
Born 1961, in Rich Square, NC. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Writer and theatrical producer. National Book Award finalist for Young People's Literature, 2004, and Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, 2005, both for The Legend of Buddy Bush. (With Dick Gregory) Callus on My Soul: A Memoir, Longstreet Press (Atlant…
1951– Politician Voters from Gwendolynne S. Moore's Milwaukee, Wisconsin, district elected her to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. A former welfare mother turned Democratic state lawmaker, Moore went to Washington as a member of the 109th U.S. Congress with several years of political experience, and became the first African American of either gender to represent Wisconsin i…
Juan Pablo Montoya: 1975—: Race car driver. Formula One (F1) auto racing is the most elite, well funded, avidly followed, and competitive sport in the world. The drivers of F1 are the most talented racing car drivers in the world, and Colombian driver Juan Pablo Montoya quickly became a serious contender in the series after entering F1 in 2001. In a sport where the stakes are incredibl…
José Montoya: 1932—: Artist, educator, writer. As a painter, poet, and activist, José Montoya has played a leading role in the Chicano cultural movement. He founded the Royal Chicano Air Force, a California arts collective renowned for its political murals and community projects. His poetry is widely anthologized and has promoted new interest in Chicano literature. Montoya…
1921–2005 Federal court judge, lawyer, politician When, in May of 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case, the real struggle for school desegregation was just beginning. Over the next ten years, dozens of legal battles were required to enforce the ruling, and one of the leading powers behind them was a young, black trial attorney nam…
1936-2003 Treasurer of the United States, civil servant Azie Taylor Morton is distinguished as the only African American ever to hold the post of Treasurer of the United States. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter on September 12, 1977, Morton served as the United States' 36th Treasurer until January 20, 1981. Along with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer must sign Federal Reserve…
