A classic conguero, Poncho Sánchez, a giant on the Latin jazz scene, has developed into salsa's elder statesman. Sánchez, a Chicano from Texas, taught himself guitar and congas, and gained experience singing with a teen band, but found himself shut out of opportunities to play with Cubans and Puerto Ricans, who considered themselves the sole heirs of salsa. At age 23 he found …
1990(?)— Pilot Kenny Roy was just 14 years old when he flew his first solo flight over British Columbia in September of 2004, and made aviation history that day as the youngest African-American pilot licensed to fly a plane on his own in the world. Because Canadian aviation regulations allow 14-year-olds to earn their solo pilot's license, Roy journeyed with another young pilot and a…
1976— Professional hockey player By the time the players' strike and owners' lockout silenced the rinks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 2004 and 2005, Bryce Salvador had become a defensive mainstay of the St. Louis Blues squad. Not a headline-grabbing offensive player, nor a natural talent who immediately shone in what was often a young man's game, Salvador devel…
1939— Jazz pianist An artist who has flourished in both the artistic world of jazz and in the popular genres of funk and R&B, pianist Joe Sample has rejected artificial genre divisions. "I detest the separation that has gone on," he told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "[African-American musical styles] all came out of our spirituality, out of the church. When peopl…
Born 1933, in New York, NY; Education: University of Massachusetts, B.A., 1956; University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1958; University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., 1961. Religion: Jewish. Hobbies and other interests: Writing, gardening, hiking. Psychologist. Albert Einstein Hospital, psychologist, 1961–62; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, instructor in psychology, 1962–63; Elwyn Inst…
Born 1944, in Philadelphia, PA; Education: California State University at Northridge, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1974; Vermont College of Norwich University, M.F.A., 1990. Politics: "Middle of the road." Hobbies and other interests: Boating and fishing, biking, running. Agent—Fran Lebowitz, Writers House, 21 West 26th St., New York, NY 10010. Writer. Worked variously as a deckha…
Cesar Romero: 1907-1994: Dancer, actor. Cesar Romero's career on stage, screen, and film spanned more than 60 years and included over 100 movies, as well as an array of stage and television appearances. Romero was well-known for his two-year stint in the 1960s as the sinister Joker on the television show Batman, but his heyday was as a studio actor for Twentieth Century-Fox during the …
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 1952—: U.S. Congressional representative. The first Cuban American and the first Hispanic woman elected to the United States Congress, Ileana RosLehtinen has become, in the words of the Boston Globe, "a living symbol of Cuban-American achievement." RosLehtinen is a staunch conservative and an implacable foe of the communist regime of Cuba's Fide…
Linda Ronstadt: 1946—: Singer. Linda Ronstadt has released more than 35 albums during a career that has spanned nearly 40 years, with sales topping more than 50 million copies. With a total of 13 platinum albums to her credit, she was the first woman ever to have four consecutive albums sell more than one million copies. Gaining fame by covering popular pop-rock songs, Ronstadt has als…
Paulina Rubio: 1971—: Singer, actress. Already one of the brightest stars in the pantheon of Latin American popular music, Paulina Rubio seems poised to become the next big Latin crossover success, following in the footsteps of Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, and Ricky Martin. The daughter of one of Mexico's most successful film stars, Susana Dosamantes, Rubio got into music at an ear…
1948– Boxer Rose, Lionel, photograph. • Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis. Lionel Rose's career embodied the stuff legends are made of. In a boxing career begun in a makeshift ring in a poverty stricken aboriginal settlement, Rose developed a crushing punch that helped him become the first Australian aborigine to win a world championship title, and the second Australian to take…
(Lian Hearn) Agent—Caroline Lurie, Australian Literary Management, 2-A Armstrong St., Middle Park, Victoria 3206, Australia. London School of Economics, London, England, research assistant, 1964-65; Greater London Council, London, administrative officer, 1965-66; Tom Stacey Ltd., London, editor, 1969-71; freelance journalist and film critic, 1971-74; freelance writer, 1986—. Writer-i…
Lucille Roybal-Allard: 1941—: U.S. Congresswoman. In 1992 Lucille Roybal-Allard became the first woman of Mexican descent to win election to the U.S. Congress. Politics had been a part of her life from childhood; her father, Edward Roybal, served in Congress for 30 years. She developed a strong commitment to social justice early on, and became well known and respected for her activity …
Gabriela Sabatini: 1970—: Tennis player, fragrance designer. Over her 12-year pro career, tennis player Gabriela Sabatini won 27 career singles titles, including the 1990 U.S. Open and two season-ending Virginia Slims Championships. She came close to winning Wimbledon in 1991, and from age 15 to 26, spent most of those years in the top ten ranking of tennis. She retired from tennis in 1…
Born in Bristol, England; Education: University of Warwick, B.A.; University of Exeter, postgraduate certificate of education. Offıce—Merton Education Authority, Civic Centre, Morden, Surrey, England. Agent—Uli Rushby-Smith, Uli Rushby-Smith Literary Agency, 72 Plimsoll Rd., London N4 2EE, England. Teacher for twenty years, including for Merton Education Authority, Morden, Sur…
1945– Attorney, civil rights and education activist, songwriter, playwright Faya Ora Rose Touré is a Harvard-educated Civil Rights activist and litigation attorney who has worked on some of the highest-profile civil rights cases to come before the courts. Touré—who spent most of her career as Rose Sanders until she decided to step away from her "slave name"…
Oscar Arias Sánchez: 1941—: Former Costa Rican president, writer, activist. At a time of great regional discord, Dr. Oscar Arias Sánchez, former president of Costa Rica, envisioned a Central America that would be free from war, strife, and repression. His legacy has been the Arias Peace Plan, the basis for negotiations to end the Central American conflict. For his efforts,…
(Katharine Reynolds Ross) Born 1948, in Saginaw, MI; Education: Attended Lake Erie College, 1966–68. Religion: Episcopalian. Hobbies and other interests: Collecting antique paper dolls, reading children's literature, animals. Ross Educational Systems, Inc., Oneida, NY, owner, president, and nursery school teacher, beginning 1983. Preschool consultant for Highlights for Children; song…
Born 1951, in New York, NY; Education: Attended Syracuse University Extension Program, 1972; Syracuse University, B.A., 1972; postgraduate study at Columbia University, 1977; Bank Street College of Education, M.A., 1979. Photographer, writer, and educator. Aggasiz Community School District, Cambridge, MA, photography instructor, 1975; Learning Guild, Boston, MA, photography instructor, 1975–…
Born 1945, in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; Ethnicity: "White." Education: University of Edinburgh, M.A., 1966. Politics: Green Party. Religion: "Agnostic." Writer. Worked as a secretary in London, England, 1967–73; Macdonald Educational, London, children's nonfiction editor, 1973–78; Grisewood &Dempsey, London, children's nonfictio…
Surname pronounced Sack-er; born 1954, in East Meadow, NY; Education: University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 1976; University of California, San Francisco, J.D., 1980. Agent—Ellen Levine Literary Agency, 432 Park Ave. S., Suite 1205, New York, NY 10016. Writer, 1977—. Beldoch Industries, Norwalk, CT, shipping manager, 1976-77; lawyer, 1981-89. Authors Guild, Society of Children&#x…
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for SATA sketch: Born March 15, 1911, in St. Louis, MO; died December 5, 2003, in Cotuit, MA. Author. Roper was an author of biographies for adults and young adults. Graduating from Vassar College with an A.B. in 1932, she worked as a freelance editor and writer. In the early 1940s, Roper published three biographies for young adults: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform …
1944(?)— Vocalist, composer, keyboardist, producer Russell, Brenda, photograph. Wenn/Landov. Singer, songwriter Brenda Russell's talent has earned her new fans and the respect of industry peers since she sang her way through the Age of Aquarius in the rock musical Hair. During this time of the Beatles, hippies, campus unrest, love-ins, and the Vietnam War, youth culture took i…
Born 1968, in Boston, MA; Ethnicity: Cuban-American. Education: Boston College, B.A., 1990; Northwestern University, M.A., 1991. Internationally touring writer, storyteller, and performance artist. Actor in theatre productions, including Ayamon, Red Roses for Me, at Abbey Studio, Dublin, Ireland; Tony, in You Can't Take it with You, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; and in Tosca, at Bos…
Born 1951, in Wellsville, OH; Education: University of Cincinnati, B.F.A. (painting), 1974. Politics: Libertarian. Hobbies and other interests: Piano (classical and salon). Agent—Mike Friedrich, Star Reach Productions, 2991 Shattuck Ave., Ste. 202, Berkeley, CA 94705. Freelance graphic story artist, 1972–. Marvel Comics, New York, NY, illustrator and adapter, worked on comic-book ser…
Born 1950, in Trenton, NJ; Education: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1972; Syracuse University, M.A., 1974; attended Columbia University, 1976. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Franklin Watts/Scholastic Library Publishing, P.O. Box 1795, 90 Sherman Tpke., Danbury, CT 06816. Ryan Business Writing, speechwriter and owner, 1976–. New York State Poets in Public Service, teacher, 1987–91.…
Born in Baton Rouge, LA. Education: Attended Louisiana State University. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Harcourt Children's Books, 15 E. 26th St., New York, NY 10011. Writer, educator, and professional storyteller. Winthrop College for Women (now Winthrop University), librarian in laboratory school; University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, distinguished professor of children's lite…
Born 1970, in Albany, GA; Wickberg.. Education: Colorado State University, B.A. (English), and secondary teacher certification, 1992. Hobbies and other interests: White-water rafting, swimming, downhill skiing, watching sit-coms. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Viking, Penguin Putnam, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014. Educator and author. Widefield School District Number Three, Colorado Springs, C…
1970- Chef Samuelsson, Marcus, photograph. Adam Rountree/Bloomberg News/Landov. Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson and the New York City restaurant he co-owns, Aquavit, have each done their share to make Swedish cuisine one of the hot new culinary trends of the early twenty-first century. Born in Ethiopia but raised in Sweden, Samuelsson took over the executive chef's post at the Manhattan la…
Born 1952, in Utica, NY; Education: Attended University of California—Irvine, 1970–71; University of California—Berkeley, B.S., 1974; California State University—Fresno, teaching credential, 1981. Politics: "Green." Religion: "Pantheist." Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, bird watching, botany, cross-country skiing/hiking/backpacking, B…
(Robert James Sabuda) Born 1965, in Pinckney, MI; partner of Matthew Reinhart (an author and illustrator). Education: Pratt Institute, B.F.A. (communication design; summa cum laude), 1987. Hobbies and other interests: Yoga. Agent—c/o Dunham Literary, Inc., 156 5th Ave., Ste. 625, New York, NY 10010-7002. Children's book author and illustrator, 1988–. Society of Children…
children: two step daughters. office—c/o Author Mail, HarperCollins Children's, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Author. Parent's Choice Silver Honor for Fiction, 2003, and Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination for best juvenile mystery, 2004, both for Lily's Ghosts. Lily's Ghosts, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2003. Laura Ruby is the author of Lily&#…
Born 1951, in Chicago, IL; Education: University of Colorado, B.A., 1973; University of Illinois, M.S.W., 1976; Family Institute of Chicago, certificate, 1981. office—636 Church St., Ste. 404, Evanston, IL 60201. Agent—Susan Cohen, Writer's House, 21 West 26th St., New York, NY 10010. Author and psychotherapist. In private practice of psychotherapy, Evanston, IL, 1981—…
Born 1966, in Milan, Italy; children: one daughter. Office—203 17th St., Number 21, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Illustrator, 1986—. Creator of comic strips for Linus magazine, 1989-93, and Lupo Alberto magazine; writer. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, instructor, 2004—. Exhibitions: Solo exhibitions at Galleria Derbylius, Milan, Italy, 1993, Galleria Nuages, Milan, 1999, Galleri…
Born 1946, in Lake Hiawatha, NJ; Education: Marquette University, B.A. (journalism), 1968; graduate study at University of Chicago, 1968-69. Hobbies and other interests: "Travel, gardening and flower arranging, reading and listening to poetry, working and playing with puppets, and hiking through woods and parks and by the sea." Agent—c/o William Morrow, 1350 Avenue of the Amer…
(Constance Betzer Roop) Born 1951, in Elkhorn, WI; Education: Lawrence University, B.A., 1973; attended University of Wisconsin—Madison and Colorado School of Mines, 1974; Boston College, M.S.T., 1980. Politics: "Independent." Religion: Unitarian-Universalist. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, traveling, camping, sewing, skiing, and activities with her husband and children…
(Peter G. Roop) Born 1951, in Winchester, MA; Education: Lawrence University, B.A., 1973; Simmons College, M.A., 1980; also attended University of Wisconsin—Madison. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Unitarian-Universalist. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, traveling, speaking to educators, librarians, and writers, playing with his children. Appleton Area School District, Appleton, WI, teac…
Nationality: British and South African. Born: Daphne Marie Pizzey in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa, 1914. Education: Durban Girls' High School. Awards: Afrikaanse Pers Beperk prize, 1946. (1991) The places where I have lived have been most important to my writing. My early memories of the Transvaal are reflected in Mittee. Ratoons has for background the South Coast of Natal where I liv…
Nationality: American. Born: Judith Perelman in New York City, 1935. Education: City College of New York, 1952-55. Address: c/o Simon and Schuster, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, U.S.A. Judith Rossner's novels are concerned with women and relationships. In almost all of them, starting with To the Precipice in 1966 and continuing through August in 1983, the story open…
Nationality: American. Born: Newark, New Jersey, 1933. Education: Weequahic High School, New Jersey; Newark College, Rutgers University, 1950-51; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 1951-54; A.B. 1954 (Phi Beta Kappa); University of Chicago, 1954-55, M.A. 1955. Military Service: Served in the United States Army, 1955-56. Career: Instructor in English, University of Chicago, 1956-58; visi…
Nationality: Indian. Born: Kerala, India, c. 1960. Education: Attended architectural school. Career: Sold cakes on a beach in Goa, India; worked as an architect; actress, screenwriter, and novelist. Lives in New Delhi, India. Awards: Booker prize, 1997. Agent: c/o Random House, 201 East 50th Street, New York, New York 10022, U.S.A. Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things was one of the most…
Nationality: British. Born: Cardiff, Wales, 1928. Education: Cardiff High School for Girls; University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, 1944-47, B.A. (honours) in English 1947. Career: English teacher, Handsworth Grammar School for Boys, Birmingham, 1948-49. Since 1950 documentary film writer and director, for the United Nations and others. Awards: American Blue Ribbon Award, for…
Born 1956, in Boston, MA; Education: Attended Harvard University; attended St. Martin's College of Art (London, England); completed B.A. degree in the United States. Agent—c/o Wendy Lamb, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Writer. Worked previously in publishing and advertising. Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and Whitbread Award shortlist, both 2004, and Michael L. Printz …
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, 1931. Education: Palo Alto High School, California; Mills College, Oakland, California (Ardella Mills award, 1952), 1948-52, B.A. in English 1952 (Phi Beta Kappa); University College, London, 1952-53; Stanford University, California, 1953. Career: Teacher of English and biology, Concord Academy, Massachusetts, 1954-56; assistant d…
Surname is pronounced "rye-lunt"; born 1954, in Hopewell, VA; twice Education: Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston), B.A., 1975; Marshall University (Huntington, WV), M.A., 1976; Kent State University, M.L.S., 1982. Politics: Democrat. Religion: "Christian, no denomination." Hobbies and other interests: Pets, reading, going to movies, going to the seasho…
Nationality: American. Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1932. Education: Rider College, Trenton, New Jersey; Black Mountain College, North Carolina, graduated 1955; Columbia University, New York, M.F.A. 1970. Career: Visiting writer-in-residence, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1967; Lecturer in Creative Writing, New School for Social Research, New York, 1967-71; writer-in-residence and Le…
Born 1968, in Lille, France. Education: Attended l'Ecole de recherche graphique (Brussels, Belgium). Agent—c/o Author Mail, Gareth Stevens, 330 West Olive St., Ste. 100, Milwaukee, WI 53212. Freelance illustrator, 1991—, and author, 1996—. La ferme en carton, Casterman (Paris, France), 1996. Modelages faciles, Casterman (Paris, France), 1996. Têtes extra, Casterma…
Nationality: British. Born: Bombay, India, 1947. Education: Cathedral School, Bombay; Rugby School, Warwickshire, 1961-65; King's College, Cambridge, 1965-68, M.A. (honours) in history 1968. Career: Worked in television in Pakistan and as actor in London, 1968-69; freelance advertising copywriter, London, 1970-81; council member, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, from 1985. Sentenced …
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 1937. Education: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, B.A. 1957; Yale University School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut, M.F.A. 1960. Career: Lecturer in Speech, Queensborough Community College, New York, 1966-67; instructor, 1967-70, and assistant professor of English, 1970-72, Cornell University; assistant professor of English, State University of Ne…
(Marilyn Stickle Sachs) Born 1927, in New York, NY; Education: Hunter College (now Hunter College of the City University of New York), B.A., 1949; Columbia University, M.S. (library science), 1953. Politics: "I'm for whatever and whoever will help bring about a more human, peaceful society." Religion: Jewish. Writer. Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, children's lib…
Nationality: Indian. Born: Allahabad, 1927. Education: Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1943-47, B.A. in history 1947. Career: Scholar-in-residence, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1973, 1977; research scholar, Radcliffe Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976; lecturer, University of Colorado semester-at-sea, 1979; fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, D.C., 1981, and…
Born 1950, in New York, NY; Education: Mount Holyoke College, B.A., 1971. Politics: Independent. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, swimming, scuba diving. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Greenwillow Books, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. The Line Up Book, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1986. Why Do Grown-Ups Have All the Fun?, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1987. Only Six More Da…
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 1919. Education: McBurney School, New York, 1932-34; Valley Forge Military Academy, Pennsylvania (editor, Crossed Sabres), 1934-36; New York University, 1937; Ursinus College, Collegetown, Pennsylvania, 1938; Columbia University, New York, 1939. Military Service: Served in the 4th Infantry Division of the United States Army, 1942-45: Staff Sergeant. Agen…
Nationality: American. Born: Helena, Arkansas, 1944. Education: Attended Tulane University, 1962-64. Career: Former college instructor, publisher's reader, and magazine editor. Agent: c/o Meredith Bernstein, 470 West End Avenue, New York, New York 10023, U.S.A. The novels of James Sallis exhibit the strong influence of the French New Novelists, who fashion structurally complex existential …
Born 1949, in Brno, Moravia, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); immigrated to United States, 1982, naturalized citizen, 1989; Education: Academy of Applied Arts (Prague, Czechoslovakia), M.A., 1974; attended Royal College of Art (London, England), 1977-78. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 19 Union Square W., New York, NY 10003. Peter Sís Association Interna…
Amnesty International, Society of Authors, Fellowship of Christian Writers, West Country Writers Association. F.67, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1975. Half a Welcome, Dobson (London, England), 1977. The Watch on Patterick Fell, Dobson (London, England), 1978, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980. The Empty House, Dobson (London, England), 1979. Landfall on Innis Michael (sequel to The Watch on Patter…
Nationality: American. Born: Fayetteville, Georgia, 1922. Education: Attended Mercer University; Emory University, M.D. 1949. Military Service: Served in military 1943-47. Career: Physician in private practice, Fayetteville, Georgia, 1951—; instructor in creative writing, Emory University, Atlanta, 1991—. Awards: Townsend Prize for Fiction, 1991; D. Lit.: Mercer University, 1987, Emo…
Born 1952, in Detroit, MI; Education: Oakland University, B.A., 1979. Hobbies and other interests: Spending time with family, listening to classical music, reading. Office—P.O. Box 1532, West Chester, OH 45071. Writer. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. …
Born 1956, in Ithaca, NY. Education: Studied art at University of Washington; studied comic art with John Buscema. Agent—c/o Author Mail, DC Comics, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Comic book artist, 1985—; began with Warp Graphics' Myth Adventures, has also worked for Thieves' World Graphics, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. Thieves' World Graphics 1, Thieves&#…
Born 1953, in Coventry, England; Education: University of York, B.A., 1974, D.Phil., 1978. Politics: "Listing to the left." Hobbies and other interests: Science, sports, music, hill walking. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Kingfisher Publications, New Penderel House, 283-288 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ, England. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England, postdoctoral research fell…
The epic art of the Mexican muralist school meets the pulsating energy of Latin American neighborhood streets in the works of Alejandro Romero, one of the best-known and most visible Hispanic visual artists in the United States. Trained in Mexico, Romero moved to Chicago in 1975 and began to adorn that city with murals, posters, and conventional paintings. His emotionally intense works, influenced…
