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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: The bells of Christmas

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    First published in 1978 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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)

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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
November 11, 2011 Edited by Sarah Breau Added bio, added to birth date, added to death date, added Wikipedia link, added author page