Author Listings (Children's Literature)
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| Alma Flor Ada, Professor Emerita at the University of San Francisco, has devoted her life to advocacy for peace by promoting a pedagogy oriented to personal realization and social justice. A former Radcliffe Scholar at Harvard University and Fulbright Research Scholar she is an internationally r....[more] |
| Susan Gunelius' growing list of published books include: 'Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon' published by Palgrave Macmillan, 'Kick-Ass Copywriting in 10 Easy Steps' published by Entrepreneur Press, and 'Google Blogger for Dummies' published by Wiley. 'Building Brand Value the Playboy Way', hits b....[more] |
| Prior to his employment with the Ohio Virtual Academy/K12 Inc., Mark Thogmartin served as a classroom teacher, reading and math tutor, technology coordinator, headmaster, and building principal in both private and public schools. He earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Kentucky, a ....[more] |
| Harold Underdown is a children's book editor, proprietor of The Purple Crayon web site, and author of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books. |
| Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, is most well-known for his fairy tales, which include ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Thumbelina’, and ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Andersen was born to poor parents, a washerwoman and a shoemaker, in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. Odense was the only town outside of Denmark’s capital to have a thea....[more] |
| It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more] |
| Most famous for creating the beloved character of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie was born in Scotland in 1860. He was one of ten children and the death of his brother at age 14 would have a profound effect on Barrie’s life and when he would first get the idea for a character that remained a boy forever. Barrie himself would re....[more] |
| Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 - December 12, 1889) Browning was born in Camberwell, a suburb of London, England, the only child of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. Browning’s father owned a library of about 6,000 books so Robert always had considerable literary resources. By age twelve Browning had written a book of p....[more] |
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