Virginia Hamilton was born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She attended Antioch College on a scholarship, and then transferred to Ohio State University in 1956 to study literature and creative writing. In 1958 she moved to New York City where she worked odd jobs, studied fiction writing at the New School for Social Research, and wrote.
Hamilton married in 1960 and became a full-time writer. In 1967 she published her first book, Zeely, published in 1967, which won numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.
In 1969, Hamilton and her family moved back to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Over the course of career, she published 41 books, largely for children, which included picture books, folktales, mysteries, science fiction, novels, and biographies. She died of breast cancer in 2002.
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M.C. Higgins, the great
15 editions - first published in 1974 Borrow -
Zeely
15 editions - first published in 1967 Borrow -
The House of Dies Drear
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
12 editions - first published in 1985 DAISY -
Time Pieces: the book of times
10 editions - first published in 2002 DAISY -
Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
9 editions - first published in 1988 Borrow -
Bluish: a novel
9 editions - first published in 1999 Borrow -
Cousins
9 editions - first published in 1990 Borrow -
M. C. Higgins, The Great
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The Mystery of Drear House: The Conclusion of the Dies Drear Chronicle
8 editions - first published in 1987 Borrow -
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
7 editions - first published in 1983 DAISY -
The Planet of Junior Brown
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Paul Robeson: the life and times of a free Black man
6 editions - first published in 1974 DAISY -
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom
6 editions - first published in 1993 DAISY -
Drylongso
5 editions - first published in 1992 Borrow -
Dustland
5 editions - first published in 1980 Borrow -
Sweet whispers, Brother Rush
5 editions - first published in 1982 Borrow -
W.E.B. Du Bois: a biography
4 editions - first published in 1972 DAISY -
Arilla Sun Down
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Zeely
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The Bells of Christmas
4 editions - first published in 1989 Borrow -
Justice and her brothers
4 editions - first published in 1978 Borrow -
Arilla Sun Down
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A Little Love
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The Gathering
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Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
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Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed
3 editions - first published in 1983 Borrow -
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
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The time-ago tales of Jahdu
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Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed
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The gathering
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A white romance
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M. C. Higgins, The Great/Newbery Summer
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Many Thousand Gone
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The People Could Fly
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Time-ago lost; more tales of Jahdu
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Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny: an original African American scare tale
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Junius over Far (Charlotte Zolotow Book)
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Bruh Rabbit and the tar baby girl
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A White Romance
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The People Could Fly Picture Book and CD
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The girl who spun gold
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A ring of tricksters: Animal tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa
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Primos/Cousins
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In the Beginning
2 editions - first published in 1992 Borrow -
A Little Love
2 editions - first published in 1984 Borrow -
When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
2 editions - first published in 1996 Borrow -
A White Romance (Point Signature)
2 editions - first published in 1998 Borrow -
Jaguarundi
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A Lesson plan book for Cousins (Innovations, experiencing literature in the classroom)
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Zeely (HBJ Treasury of Literature)
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Cousins/Arilla Sun Down/The Mystery of Drear House/Jaguarundi/Plain City-22 Copy
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The Girl Who Spun Gold
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Arilla Sun Down (Point Crime)
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Dustland
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Jaguarundi
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Hugo Black: The Alabama Years
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The Gathering (Point Signature)
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Primos
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Dustland (Justice Cycle)
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Paul Robeson
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Time Pieces
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People Could Fly with Book
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The house of Dies Drear (BookFestival)
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Cambodians in Thailand: People on the Edge
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Time-Ago Lost: More Tales of Jahdu
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Justice and Her Brothers (Point Signature)
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Time-Ago Lost
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Dustland (Point Signature)
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Cousins
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M. C. Higgins, The Great
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Bluish (sig)
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People Could Fly-Pkg
1 edition - first published in 1987 -
Jaguarundi (Blue Ribbon Signature)
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The Time-Ago Tales of Jahdu
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Virginia Hamilton papers
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The house of Dies Drear
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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
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People Could Fly-Cas
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The House of Dies Drear
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Jahdu
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The Gathering (Justice Cycle)
1 edition - first published in 1999 -
Plain City (Point Signature)
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The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
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M C HIGGINS THE GREAT
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Zeely
1 edition - first published in 1974 -
The all Jahdu storybook
1 edition - first published in 1991 Borrow -
Arilla Sun Down (Point Signature)
1 edition - first published in 1995 Borrow -
The Newbery Award reader
1 edition - first published in 1984 Borrow -
Plain City
1 edition - first published in 1993 Borrow -
The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicle)
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Illusion and reality
1 edition - first published in 1976 -
The Bells of Christmas
1 edition - first published in 1989 Borrow -
The House of Dies Drear
1 edition - first published in 1993 Checked out
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- VIRGINIA HAMILTON
- Virginia Hamilton Conference (1997 Kent State University)
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