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Virginia Hamilton

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.

American writer of children's books (1936–2002)

Born	12 March 1936
Died	19 February 2002

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M.C. Higgins, the Great

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1974 — 41 editions
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The House of Dies Drear

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1968 — 34 editions
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Zeely.

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1967 — 29 editions
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The people could fly: the picture book

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1985 — 28 editions

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Planet of Junior Brown

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1971 — 26 editions
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Cousins

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1990 — 20 editions
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Sweet whispers, Brother Rush

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1982 — 16 editions
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Bluish (sig)

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1999 — 15 editions
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Justice and her brothers

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1978 — 15 editions
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The mystery of Drear House: the conclusion of the Dies Drear chronicle

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1987 — 13 editions
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Arilla Sun Down (Point Signature)

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1976 — 13 editions
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Dustland (Point Signature)

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1980 — 13 editions
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Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1988 — 13 editions
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The gathering

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1981 — 11 editions
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Time pieces: the book of times

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 2002 — 11 editions
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Prentice Hall: Literature: Silver

by Sumner Braunstein, Rudolfo A. Anaya, Maya Angelou, Isaac Asimov, Toni Cade Bambara, Basho, Rosemary Carr Benet, Morris Bishop, Arna Bontemps, and 74 others First published in 1991 — 9 editions
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The magical adventures of Pretty Pearl

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1983 — 9 editions
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Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices Timeless Themes: Copper Level

by Kate Kinsella, Kevin Feldman, Colleen Shea-Stump Ph.D., Joyce Armstrong Carroll, Edward E. Wilson, Ray Bradbury, Cynthia Rylant, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and 89 others First published in 2002 — 8 editions
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Plain City

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1993 — 8 editions
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Paul Robeson : the life and times of a free Black man

by Virginia Hamilton First published in 1974 — 8 editions
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American writer of children's books (1936–2002)

Born	12 March 1936
Died	19 February 2002

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OLID: OL20414A
GoodReads: 24588
ISNI: 0000000114915488
IMDb: nm0358203
Library of Congress Names: n2003037861
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): TO0V331166
VIAF: 49256750
Wikidata: Q273873
Inventaire.io: wd:Q273873

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VIRGINIA HAMILTON
Virginia Hamilton Conference (1997 Kent State University)
Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002
virginia hamilton
Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
Virginia. (illustrated by Symeon Shimin.) Hamilton
Hamilton,Virginia

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