Sharon Draper
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Sharon M. Draper (b. 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an African-American author who has won multiple awards for her books,[1] including the Coretta Scott King Award (twice) for Forged by Fire (1998) and Copper Sun (2007).
A graduate of Pepperdine University, Draper took up teaching until, in 1991, a student walked into her classroom with an Ebony Magazine ad and asked her to write a short story for that magazine. She accepted, and soon won $5,000 for "One Small Torch." This gave her the idea to write novels. After 24 tries, Tears of a Tiger was finally published in 1994, to instant success. She currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and four children. She's best known for her novel, "Darkness Before Dawn," as well as "The Battle Of Jericho."She has written many more books as well as copper sun , double dutch , out of my mind and the jericho triology
[edit] Selected works
- Tears of a Tiger (Simon and Schuster, 1995)
- Forged by Fire (Simon and Schuster, 1997)
- Darkness Before Dawn' (Simon and Schuster, 2001)
- Romiette and Julio (Simon and Schuster, 1999)
- Double Dutch (Simon and Schuster, 2002)
- The Battle of Jericho (Simon and Schuster, 2003)
- Copper Sun (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
- November Blues (Simon and Schuster, 2007)
- Fire from the Rock (Dutton , 2006)
- We Beat the Street (Dutton, 2005)
- Teaching from the Heart (Heinemann, 1999)
- Not Quite Burned Out But Crispy Around the Edges (Heinemann, 2001)
- Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Buried Bones Mystery (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
- Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: Lost in the Tunnel of Time (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
- Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: Shadows of Caesar's Creek (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
- Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs: The Space Mission Adventure (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
- Teaching from the Heart (Heinemann, 1999)
- Not Quite Burned Out, But Crispy around the Edges (Heinemann, 2001)
- Just Another Hero (Simon and Schuster, 2009)
- Out of My Mind (Atheneum Books, 2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Drew, Bernard Alger (2007). 100 most popular African American authors: biographical sketches and bibliographies. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 91–. ISBN 9781591583226. http://books.google.com/books?id=1dzdPLDuqZoC&pg=PA91. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
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