Joyce (Viola) Hansen (1942-) Biography - Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Member, Honors Awards
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Born 1942, in New York, NY; Education: Pace University, B.A., 1972; New York University, M.A., 1978.
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Writer. Board of Education, New York, NY, teacher of reading and English, 1953-75; Empire State College, Brooklyn, NY, mentor; retired from teaching, 1995.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Authors Guild.
Parents Choice citation, 1986, for Yellow Bird and Me; Coretta Scott King Honor designation, American Library Association, 1987, for Which Way Freedom?, and 1995, for The Captive; Coretta Scott King Award, 1998, for I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly; Children's Book Award, African Studies Association, 1995, for The Captive.
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The Gift-Giver, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1980. Home Boy, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1982. Yellow Bird and Me, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1986. Which Way Freedom?, Walker (New York, NY), 1986. Out from This Place, Walker (New York, NY), 1986.
Joyce Hansen
Between Two Fires: Black Soldiers in the Civil War, Franklin Watts (New York, NY), 1993. The Captive, Scholastic (New York, …
Joyce Hansen is the author of nonfiction as well as of novels for younger readers that have been praised for their convincing depiction of black children in both contemporary and historical settings. Novels such as
The Gift-Giver, Yellow Bird and Me, and One True Friend portray the lives of urban children living in New York City, while Hansen's trilogy Which Way Freedom?, Out from This P…
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