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Virginia Hamilton

12 March 1936 - 19 February 2002

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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  • Cover of: Zeely

    First published in 1967 16 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition isbn_0812461711 Cover of edition zeely00virg Cover of edition zeelyhami00hami Cover of edition zeely00hami_3 Cover of edition zeelyhami00hami Cover of edition zeely00hami
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    First published in 1974 15 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition mchigginsgreatwi0000hami Cover of edition mchigginsgreat0000hami Cover of edition mchigginsgreat00hami Cover of edition mchigginsgreat0000hami_a4s7
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  • Cover of: The house of Dies Drear.

    First published in 1968 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition houseofdiesdrear0000hami_c6r1 Cover of edition houseofdiesdrear00hami_0
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  • Cover of: The people could fly: American Black folktales

    First published in 1985 12 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition peoplecouldflyth00hami
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    First published in 2002 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition timepiecesbookof00hami
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    First published in 1971 10 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition planetofjuniorbr00hami_0 Cover of edition planetofjuniorbr00hami Cover of edition planetofjunior00hami Cover of edition planetofjuniorbr00hami
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    First published in 1990 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition cousinshami00hami Cover of edition cousins00virg Cover of edition cousins0000hami_c4f4 Cover of edition cousinsh00hami
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  • Cover of: The Mystery of Drear House: The Conclusion of the Dies Drear Chronicle (Apple Signature)

    First published in 1987 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition mysteryofdrearho00virg Cover of edition mysteryofdrearho00hami_0
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    First published in 1974 8 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition mchigginsgreat0000hami_k1z9
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    First published in 1983 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition magicaladventure00hami
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    First published in 1993 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1971 6 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1968 6 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1992 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition drylongso00hami
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    First published in 1998 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition secondcousins00virg Cover of edition secondcousins00hami
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    First published in 1989 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition bellsofchristmas0000hami Cover of edition bellsofchristmas00hami
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Subjects
Children's fiction, Fiction, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Afro-Americans, Folklore, Juvenile literature, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Friendship, Ohio, fiction, Dustland (imaginary place), fiction, Extrasensory perception, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Space and time, fiction, Underground Railroad, History, New York Times reviewed, Underground railroad, 1000blackgirlbooks, African americans, folklore, Blacks, Cousins
Places
United States, Ohio, West Indies, New York (N.Y.), Southern States, Africa, Calcutta, California, Caribbean Area, England, India, Kosovo (Serbia), Latin America, Surrey, Yugoslavia
People
Paul Robeson (1898-1976), Anthony Burns (1834-1862), Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), African American, Buddy Clark, Grimesby Roylott, Helen Stoner, John H. Watson, Junior Brown, Mayo Cornelius Higgins, Mr. Pool, Sherlock Holmes, Stroke Moran
Time
20th century, Civil war, 1998-1999, US Civil War

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  • VIRGINIA HAMILTON
  • Virginia Hamilton Conference (1997 Kent State University)
  • Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002
  • virginia hamilton

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January 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
January 6, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import