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Thirteen Ghosts is a 2001 American horror movie. This movie was directed by Steve Beck. It was a remake of the 1960 movie 13 Ghosts.

Cast
 Tony Shalhoub as Arthur Kriticos
 Matthew Lillard as Dennis Rafkin
 Embeth Davidtz as Kalina Oretzia
 Shannon Elizabeth as Kathy Kriticos
 Alec Roberts as Bobby Kriticos
 Rah Digga as Maggie Bess
 F. Murray Abraham as Cyrus Kriticos
 J.R. Bourne as Ben Moss
 Mikhael Speidel as Billy Michaels/The First Born Son
 Daniel Wesley as Jimmy "The Gambler" Gambino/The Torso
 Laura Mennell as Susan LeGrow/The Bound Woman
 Kathryn Anderson as Jean Kriticos/The Withered Lover
 Craig Olejnik as Royce Clayton/The Torn Prince
 Shawna Loyer as Dana Newman/The Angry Princess
 Xantha Radley as Isabella Smith/The Pilgrimess
 C. Ernst Harth as Harold Shelburne/The Great Child
 Laurie Soper as Margaret Shelburne/The Dire Mother
 Herbert Duncanson as George Markley/The Hammer
 Shayne Wyler as Ryan Kuhn/The Jackal

References
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thirteen_ghosts/

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American horror movies
English-language movies
2000s ghost movies
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Columbia Pictures movies
2001 horror movies
ABC Africa is an 2001 Iranian documentary movie. This movie was directed by Abbas Kiarostami.

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2001 movies
Iranian movies
2000s documentary movies
Movies directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Dagon is  a 2001 Spanish movie. This movie was directed by Stuart Gordon. It was written by Dennis Paoli.

Cast
 Ezra Godden as Paul Marsh
 Francisco Rabal as Ezequiel
 Raquel Meroño as Barbara
 Macarena Gómez as Uxía Cambarro
 Brendan Price as Howard
 Birgit Bofarull as Vicki
 Uxía Blanco as Ezequiel's Mother
 Ferran Lahoz as Priest
 Joan Minguell as Xavier Cambarro
 Alfredo Villa as Captain Orpheus Cambarro/captain Obed March
 José Lifante as Desk Clerk
 Javier Sandoval as Ezequiel's Father
 Victor Barreira as Young Ezequiel
 Fernando Gil as Catholic Priest
 Jorge Luis Pérez as Boy

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2001 horror movies
Spanish horror movies
The Happy Cricket is a 2001 animated children's fantasy movie. The movie was directed by Walbercy Riabs. It was released on 20 July 2001.

Cast

English version
Sam Riegel - Christopher The Happy Cricket
Bob Papenbrook - Wartlord
Cindy Robinson - Honeydew / Spidora
Peter Doyle - Magic Toucan / Soldier 1
Robert Buchholz - Barnaby / Sergeant
Dave Mallow - Buffuno
Steve Staley - Leonardo
Neil Kaplan - Toad 1
Dan Woren - Toad 2

Original version
Vagner Fagundes - Grilo
Araken Saldanha - Maledeto
Régis Monteiro - Faz Tudo
Fátima Noya - Bituquinho
Letícia Quinto - Juliana
Nelson Machada - Sapo 1
Renato Master - Sapo 2
Antonio Moreno - Sapo 3
Camila Bullara - Pouco Grilo
Jorge Barcellas - Caracol velho / Geral
Emerson Caperbat - Pai
José Soaresmaya - Tucano
Isaura Cames - Saranha
Rita de Almieda - Caracolino
Marli Bortoletto - Bacaninha
Rodrigo andreato - Rafael
Ursula Bezzaba - Moreninha
Tatiana de S. Parra - Linda Estrela Da Noite (singing voice)

Other websites
 Official franchise site
2001 animated movies
2001 adventure movies
2000s musical movies
2000s family movies
2001 fantasy movies
The Color of Milk (also called The Colour of Milk, Neither Naked nor Dressed, or Selma and Andy), original title Ikke naken, is a 2004 Norwegian family movie.

Other websites

The Color of Milk (Ikke naken) 

2004 movies
Jimmy, the Boy Wonder is a 1996 children's musical movie distributed by Mayflower Pictures. The movie was directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis and was written by Hal Berg.

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1966 movies
Eustace Mullins (1923-2010) was a right-wing political activist. He wrote many biographies and history books. The best known is Secrets of the Federal Reserve. He also wrote books opposing the one world government movement. David Randall calls him "one of the world's leading conspiracy theorists".

He was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He died of a stroke in Hockley, Texas.

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2010 deaths
American political activists
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People from Virginia
Caroline Mohr Sunshine (born September 5, 1995) is an American actress, dancer and singer. She played Barbara Winslow in the family movie Marmaduke. She also played Annie in the play Stage Door.

She was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Tropical Storm Fabian was a short-lived tropical storm during the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the sixth storm of that year which was given a name. It formed in the northwest Caribbean southwest of Cuba. The storm reached a peak intensity of 45 mph (75 km/h), shortly before crossing over Cuba as it moved northeast past Florida. Fabian became extratropical north of the Bahamas the next day, and dissipated on October 17. Fabian caused only light rainfall along its path and there were no reported deaths or damage.

1991 Atlantic hurricane season
Atlantic tropical storms
October events
20th century in Cuba
1990s in Florida
1991 in the United States
Beatrice Mtetwa is a lawyer from Zimbabwe.  She is known internationally because she represents journalists and because she speaks to support press freedom. In 2008, The New York Times said she was "Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer". In 2014, she received an International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. Department of State.

Legal practice
Mtetwa received her LLB (Bachelor of Laws) degree from the University of Botswana and Swaziland in 1981.  She spent the next two years working in Swaziland as a prosecuting attorney (a lawyer who is responsible for starting legal cases against people accused of crimes). In 1983, she moved to Zimbabwe. There she worked as a prosecutor until 1989. That year, she went into private practice (a professional business that is not controlled or paid for by the government).  She began to limit her business to one subject, the practice of human rights law. In one of her more famous cases, she questioned a section of Zimbabwe's law, the Private Voluntary Organizations Act. She won the case.  The law allowed the government to change the group of people who manage or direct non-governmental organizations. She also questioned the results of 37 districts in the parliamentary elections
. In a PBS documentary, Mtetwa said the reason  for her activism is "not because there is any glory or cash to it and not because I'm trying to antagonize the government... I'm doing it because it's a job that's got to be done".
Mtetwa is especially famous because she defends local and international journalists. In 2003, for example, she got a court order, a formal statement from a court to stop the government from forcing Guardian reporter Andrew Meldrum to leave the country. She gave the order to security officials at Harare International Airport only minutes before Meldrum's plane left. She also helped reporters Toby Harnden and Julian Simmonds from London's Sunday Telegraph newspaper. They were arrested during the Zimbabwean April parliamentary election.  The government said the reporters did not have official approval.  The court said they were not guilty. In April 2008, she helped New York Times reporter Barry Bearak get out of jail.  He was arrested for similar reasons. Mtetwa also defended many local journalists who were in jail before the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election.

Assaults and threats
In 2003, police arrested Mtetwa.  They said it was for drunk driving. At the police station, they hit her and choked her, or tried to stop her breathing by squeezing her throat.   Three hours later, the police let her go, without a formal charge or accusation. For two days after the attack, she could not speak. On the third day, she returned with a folder of medical evidence, and she filed charges against the police officers. Police officers reportedly attacked Mtetwa again in 2007.  Police beat Mtetwa and three colleagues, people who work with her, with rubber nightsticks during a protest march.   The march was to protest the harassment of Zimbabwe's lawyers.

In an interview with the Committee to Protect Journalists, Mtetwa said how she tries to prevent attacks:
"I think I confront the danger immediately before it happens. I always make sure that if, for instance, I'm called in the middle of the night to a scene that is potentially dangerous, I make sure that there are as many media practitioners as possible, particularly to record what will happen there. And in the glare of cameras I find that people don't want to do what they would want to do. So in a lot of ways I think I've been lucky, and I haven't received as much harassment as one would have expected, or as much as other human rights defenders have had."

International recognition 

In 2005, Mtetwa won the  of the Committee to Protect Journalists. The award citation said that "in a country where the law is used as a weapon against independent journalists, Mtetwa has defended journalists and argued for press freedom, all at great personal risk." In 2008, she also won the group's Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Mtetwa received several awards from legal organizations. In 2009, the European Bar Human Rights Institute gave her the Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize ("The award given by lawyers to a lawyer"). That award is given each year to a lawyer who, throughout his or her career, has illustrated, by activity or suffering, the defence of human rights in the world. Mtetwa won the 2010 International Human Rights award of the American Bar Association. In 2011, she received the Inamori Ethics Prize from Case Western Reserve University in the US. In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award.

St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada, was the first university to celebrate Mtetwa's many achievements. They gave her an honorary degree in 2013.

References

Other websites 

 2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)
Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Living people
Zimbabwean businesspeople
CPJ International Press Freedom Award winners
Lawyers
1957 births
Human rights activists
Swazi people
Zimbabwean activists
Mary King (born 8 June 1961) is a British horse rider. She won the European Championships and the Badminton Horse Trials. She won four gold medals at the World and European championships. She was the British Champion a record four times. Her sixth Olympic appearance was in London at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

King and her daughter Emily were the first British mother and daughter team to represent Britain in their respective age groups, Mary at senior and Emily (15 years old) at junior level.

Personal life
King was born in Newark-on-Trent. She has lived in Salcome Regis since she was 3 years old. At 6 years old, she was riding the vicar's pony. She had three jobs as an adult to raise money to buy her own pony. She has two children.

1961 births
Living people
Horse riding
British Olympic silver medalists
British Olympic bronze medalists
Sportspeople from Nottinghamshire
Linda Sue Park is a Korean-American children’s literature poet and novelist. Park was born on March 25, 1960, in Urbana, Illinois. She was educated at Stanford University, California; Trinity College, Dublin; and Birkbeck College, London. Many of her books are written about Korean ethnicity. She was a food journalist from 1985 to 1990. She taught English as a second language from 1985 to 2001. Park enjoys cooking, reading, and watching movies and sports in her free time.

Publications
 Seesaw Girl; 1999
 The Kite Fighters; 2000
 A Single Shard; 2001
 When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II; 2002
 The Firekeeper’s Son; 2004
 Mung-mung: A Foldout Book of Animal Sounds; 2004
 What Does Bunny See? A Book of Colors and Flowers; 2005
 Project Mulberry; 2005
 Bee-bim Bop!; 2008
 Archer’s Quest; 2006
 Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo; 2007
 Keeping Score; 2008
 A Long Walk to Water; 2010
 Storm Warning; 2010
 Trust No One; 2012
Awards
 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing designation, New York Public Library: 1999, for Seesaw Girl and 2004, for The Firekeeper's Son 
 2005, for Bee-bim Bop!
 Newbery Medal for Project Mulberry
 Jane Addams Peace Prize Honor Award, 2003, for A Single Shard;
 Irma S and James H. Black Award finalist 2004, for When My Name Was Keoko
 2004, and CCBC Choice designation, and Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year designation, both 2005, for The Firekeeper's Son
 Chicago Tribune Young-Adult Fiction Prize, and Notable Books for a Global Society designation, and Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year designation, and CCBC Choice designation 2005 and 2006 for Project Mulberry
 ALA Notable Children's Books designation 2006, for Yum! Yuck!
 Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year designation 2006, for What Does Bunny See?
References

 Carlson, Ann D. "Park, Linda Sue." World Book Student. World Book, 2015. Web. Accessed 23 Mar. 2015.
 "Linda Sue Park." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2009. Biography in Context. Web. Accessed 23 Mar. 2015.

Writers from Illinois
1960 births
Living people
Roshika Deo (born December 12, 1980) is a Fijian politician and activist. Deo started the Be The Change Campaign organization in Fiji.  The organization supports feminism, human rights, and environmentalism. 

Deo was a candidate for the Fiji National Elections in September 2014.  She was the first to put her name on the official list of people trying to be elected. Many members of the FijiFirst and SODELPA parties, as well as members of Methodist Church in Fiji criticized Deo.  It was difficult for Deo to get enough signatures of support to officially become a candidate.

Deo received the New Zealand Defender of Human Rights award in 2013. In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award.

Personal life 

Roshika Deo's family is Indo-Fijian and Hindu. Her father, Indar Deo, was a well-known lawyer, a politician for the National Alliance Party of Fiji, and a businessman.  He lives in Australia. Deo has three brothers and one sister.

References

Other websites
Other websites 

 2015 International Women of Courage Awards, U.S. State Department photostream on Flickr 
 Secretary's International Women of Courage Award (U.S. Department of State)

1980 births
Living people
Activists
Fijian politicians
Women who received the International Women of Courage Award
Kate DiCamillo  is an award-winning American children's book author.

Life 
DiCamillo was born on March 25, 1964, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She moved to Florida when she was five years old. She graduated from the University of Florida in 1987. She is now the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, chosen by the Librarian of Congress. She speaks to people about children’s literature.

Awards 
DiCamillo won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux in 2004, then again in 2014 for Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, a Parents’ Choice Gold Award and a Newbery Honor for Because of Winn-Dixie. She was also given the Award for Young People’s Literature for The Tiger Rising.
Books 
Because of Winn-Dixie (2000): A book about India Opal Buloni, a 10 year old girl in Florida who adopts a stray dog.
The Tiger Rising (2001): This book is about a 12 year old boy names Rob Horton who becomes friends with a girl named Sistine.
The Tale of Despereaux (2003): This is a book about a mouse who loves a princess.
Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005): A comic book about a pig named Mercy Watson.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006): A story from the point of view of a pet rabbit.
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006): A comic book about a pig named Mercy Watson.
Great Joy (2007): A picture book about Christmas.
 Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008): A comic book about a pig named Mercy Watson.
Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken (2008): A comic book about a chicken named Louise.
Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009): A comic book about a pig named Mercy Watson
The Magician's Elephant (2009): The story of a boy who wants to find his sister.
Bink & Gollie (2010): A series of chapter books about best friends who go on adventures. 
 Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures (2013), illus.
 Alice In Wonderland (2002)
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Writers from Philadelphia
1964 births
Living people
American children's writers
Rebecca Stead is an American children’s author. She graduated from Vassar College in 1989. She is the author of three popular children's books: First Light, When You Reach Me, and Liar & Spy.

Early life
Stead was born in New York City on January 16, 1968. From the time she was young, she was interested in literature and writing. She worked as a lawyer and public defender several years. Stead is married to a lawyer named Sean O’Brien. They have two children. She began writing again when she was raising her children.
Books and achievements
Stead has written three young adult books. Her first book, First Light, was published in 2007. It is about a young boy who is studying climate change. Her second book, When You Reach Me, was published in 2009. It is a mix of mystery,  historical fiction, and a school story. It won the Newbery Medal in 2010. Her next book, Liar and Spy, was published in 2012. This book is about a seventh grade boy living in Brooklyn, New York, and how he feels about problems with his best friend. Liar and Spy won the Guardian Prize in 2013. Her latest book is Goodbye Stranger.

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Writers from New York City
1938 births
Living people
Vassar College alumni
Pam Muñoz Ryan (born December 25, 1951) is an American children's writer. She was born on December 25, 1951, in Bakersfield, California. She is the daughter of Don Bell and Esperanza Muñoz. She is the eldest of three sisters. She took much of her inspiration for her books from her family and human rights in history.  For example, the idea for Esperanza Rising came from her grandmother's experiences immigrating to America. When Marian Sang shows the discrimination against African Americans in the theater.  She has written two novels, three books in the "Doug" series, and 13 picture books.

Early life 
As a child, Ryan spent many summers biking to the local library. "The library became my favorite hangout because my family didn't have a swimming pool and the library was air-conditioned. That's how I got hooked on reading and books," she said in an interview. However, she did not realize until later that she wanted to be a writer. During her time as a writer she won over 70 awards for all her books.
Esperanza Rising 
When a rich young girl named Esperanza's father dies, she and her mother are forced to move from Mexico to America. Esperanza and her mother find work with their family as farm workers. Esperanza and her mother are in fear of being deported. Although the conditions they live are bad, they could imagine how much worse their life would be in Mexico. On this journey Esperanza learns more about herself and the world around her.
Books 
One Hundred Is a Family, illustrated by Benrei Huang, Hyperion Books (New York, NY), 1994
(With Jerry Pallotta) The Crayon Counting Board Book, illustrated by Frank Mazzola, Jr., Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 1996
The Flag We Love, illustrated by Frank Masiello, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 1996
Armadillos Sleep in Dugouts: And Other Places Animals Live, illustrated by Diane de Groat, Hyperion Books (New York, NY), 1997
Pinky Is a Baby Mouse: And Other Baby Animal Names, illustrated by Diane de Grout, Hyperion Books (New York, NY), 1997
California, Here We Come!, illustrated by Kay Salem, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 1997
Riding Freedom (novel), illustrated by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1998
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, illustrated by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1999
Esperanza Rising (novel), Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 1998
Hello, Ocean, illustrated by Mark Astrella, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2001
Mice and Beans, illustrated by Joe Cepeda, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 2001
Mud Is Cake, illustrated by David McPhail, Hyperion Books (New York, NY), 2002
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, illustrated by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press (New York, NY), 2002
How Do You Raise a Raisin?, illustrated by Craig Brown, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2002
"DOUG" SERIES; BASED ON JIM JENKINS'S CARTOON CHARACTER 2002
Doug Counts Down, illustrated by Matthew C. Peters, Disney Press (New York, NY), 1998
Doug's Treasure Hunt, illustrated by Jumbo Pictures, Disney Press (New York, NY), 1998
Funnie Family Vacation, illustrated by William Presing and Tony Curanaj, Disney Press (New York, NY), 1998

References

"Pam Muñoz Ryan." The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2014. Biography in Context. Web. Accessed 23 Mar. 2015.
"Pam Muñoz Ryan." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 47. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Biography in Context. Web. Accessed 23 Mar. 2015.
Cech, John. "Literature for children." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  Accessed 23 Mar. 2015. 
Scholastic Authors Online, http://teacher.scholastic.com/ (April 10, 2002), "Pam Muñoz Ryan's Interview Transcript"; (April 15, 2002), "Meet Pam Muñoz Ryan."

Writers from California
1951 births
Living people
Jennifer L. Holm is an American author. Her books include the Babymouse series, Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf, and The Fourteenth Goldfish.

Early life
Holm was born in California in 1968. She grew up in Audubon, Pennsylvania.  Her father, William W. Holm, was a pediatrician. Her mother, Beverly A. Holm, was a pediatric nurse.  She married Jonathan Hamel, who was both a writer and a computer programmer. She went to Dickinson College in 1990. She has two children, Will and Millie May.
Books
 Turtle in Paradise
 Our Only May Amelia
 Penny From Heaven
 Boston Jane: An Adventure
 Boston Jane: Wilderness Days
 Boston Jane: The Claim
 Babymouse: Queen of the World!
 Babymouse: Our Hero!
 Babymouse: Heartbreaker
 Babymouse: Rock Star
 Babymouse: Beach Babe!
 Babymouse: Puppy Love
 Babymouse: Camp Babymouse
 Babymouse: Skater Girl
 Babymouse: Monster Mash,
 Babymouse for President
 The Fourteenth Goldfish
 Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf
 The Postman Always Brings Mice
 To Scratch a Thief
 You Only Have Nine Lives
 The Creek

Awards
Her awards include:

For Our Only May Amelia
 Parents’ Choice Silver Award
 The Best Book of the Year Designation
 Newbery Honor
 Notable Book Designation
 American Library Association (ALA)
 Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies Designation
 National Council for the Social Studies
 Utah Book Award
 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award
For Boston Jane: An Adventure
 Parent’s Guide to Children’s Media Award
 ALA Best Books for Young Adults citation
 Book Sense 76 Pick

For Penny From Heaven
 Newbery Honor 

For Baby Mouse:  Queen of the World!
 Gryphon Award
 ALA Notable Children’s Book
 New York Book Show Awards

For Baby Mouse for President
 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for best publication for early readers

References

"Jennifer L. Holm." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Writers from California
1968 births
Living people
Clare Vanderpool is an American children’s author. Her first book, Moon Over Manifest, won the 2011 Newbery Medal. She lives with her husband and four children in Kansas.

Life 
Vanderpool was born on November 6, 1964, in Wichita, Kansas. She has a husband, Mark, and four children. Vanderpool still lives in the town that she grew up in. Her children go to the same schools that she went to as a child.

Books 
Vanderpool wrote the books Navigating Early, and Moon Over Manifest. Moon Over Manifest won the 2011 Newbery Medal. It tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Abilene Tucker, who finds some secrets that start to put together the story of her father’s upbringing.
Vanderpool originally got the idea for Navigating Early (published 2013) from one of her mother’s dreams. In the dream, there was a boy who was amazing at piano. Although he never had any lessons, he could hear a difficult piece just once and would be able to play it perfectly. From the dream, she created the book about a boy who had an unexplainable gift, that creates a close friendship with a girl. “Where an author gets her ideas is simple. Ideas come from watching, listening, paying attention, and most of all from the characters themselves.” - Clare Vanderpool.

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1964 births
Writers from Wichita, Kansas
Living people
Career and accomplishments
Lowry began her career writing about children who face major challenges. Most had to do with family. Her first novel was A Summer to Die. It established her as an important author of young adult fiction. Her books cover many different topics, including the future, war, and humor. They are for young adults who want to  read about serious issues. Lowry is a very successful author. She won the 1990 and 1994 Newbery Medal for Number the Stars and The Giver. Some of her stories are based on her childhood, like her character Anastasia Krupnik in the book Anastasia Krupnik. Some of her most famous books are Number the Stars, The Giver, Gathering Blue, Bless This Mouse, and Messenger.
List of books written by Lois Lowry
 1977: A Summer to Die, illustrated by Jenny Oliver, Houghton.
 1978: Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye, Houghton.
 1979: Anastasia Krupnik, Houghton.
 1979: Autumn Street, Houghton.
 1981: Anastasia Again!, Houghton.
 1982: Anastasia at Your Service, Houghton.
 1983: Taking Care of Terrific, Houghton.
 1983: The One Hundredth Thing About Caroline, Houghton.
 1984: Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst, Houghton.
 1984: Us and Uncle Fraud, Houghton.
 1985: Anastasia on Her Own, Houghton.
 1985: Switcharound, Houghton.
 1986: Anastasia Has the Answers, Houghton.
 1987: Rabble,Starkey, Houghton.
 1987: Anastasia's Chosen Career, Houghton.
 1988: All about Sam, illustrated by Diane De Groat, Houghton.
 1989: Number the Stars, Houghton.
 1990: Your Move J.P.!, Houghton.
 1991: Anastasia at This Address, Houghton.
 1992: Attaboy, Sam!, Houghton.
 1993: The Giver, Houghton.
 1995: Anastasia, Absolutely, Houghton.
 1996: See You Around, Sam!, Houghton.
1997: Stay! Keeper's Story, illustrated by True Kelley, Houghton.
 1999: Zooman Sam, Houghton.
 2000: Gathering Blue, Houghton.
 2002: Gooney Bird Greene, Houghton.
 2007: Gooney the Fabulous, Houghton.
 2012: Son, Houghton.
 2014: Gooney Bird and All Her Charms, Houghton.
References

 May, Jill P. "Lowry, Lois." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  23 Mar. 2015. 
"Lois Lowry." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults. Detroit: Gale, 2002. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 "Lois Lowry." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 32. Detroit: Gale, 2000. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.a

1937 births
Living people
People from Honolulu
Writers from Hawaii
Sharon Draper is an American author, poet, and master educator. She has won many awards for teaching and written many books, poems, and short stories. She was a teacher in Cincinnati from 1970-1997 and became an author in 1991, which is the career she is currently pursuing. Her first piece was “One Small Torch”, a short story published in the Ebony magazine in 1991 as the winner of a short story contest with 20,000 entries. In her writing, she choses African-American male characters to give a voice to African-American young men.

Early life
Sharon Draper was born on August 21, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the eldest daughter of three kids in her family and grew up in a close-knit neighborhood.

Education
Sharon Draper earned her BA from Pepperdine University in 1971 and her MA from Miami University of Ohio in 1974
Teaching career
Sharon Draper was a teacher for the Cincinnati public schools from 1970-1997, and won the 1997 US Teacher of the Year award for her work in the schools. She has described teaching as her "calling and vocation,” and says that she "teaches because I must. It is in my heart and soul; part of the definition of me. I end up teaching wherever I am."

Books
Some of her published works include: 
 Tears of a Tiger, 1994.
 Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs, 1995.
 Forged by Fire, 1996.
 Romiette and Julio, 1997.
 Jazzimation, 1999.
 Teaching from the Heart, 1999.
 Not Quite Burned out but Crispy around the Edges, 2001.
 Darkness Before Dawn, 2001.
 Double Dutch, 2002.
 The Battle of Jericho, 2003.
 Copper Sun, 2006.
 November Blues, 2007
 Out of my Mind, 2010
Awards
Sharon Draper has won many awards in teaching and writing. She won Coretta Scott King Genesis award for Literature (1995), and American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults award (1995) in her writing career. She also won Ohio State Teacher of the Year (1997), U.S. National Teacher of the Year (1997), National Board Certification, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (1995), Board of Directors, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (1997), National Council of Negro Women's Excellence in Teaching Award (1997), and the Delta Kapa Gamma Honor Society for Women Educators.

References

 "Sharon M. Draper." Biography in Context. Gale, n.d. Web.
 "World Book Online Reference Center | Online Reference Book| Online Encyclopedia." World Book. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Writers from Ohio
Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer who has written many successful books for a wide audience.  She gives a voice to those Americans in our community who are sometimes silenced or looked down upon. Ms. Woodson once said, "I feel compelled to write against stereotypes, hoping people will see that some issues know no color, class, sexuality…. I write from the very depths of who I am, and in this place there are all of my identities." Through her quotes and her books she inspires America to take a stand against stereotypes to make our world a better place.

Awards

Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of the 2001 Corretta Scott King Award and a nominee for the 2002 National Book Award. 

2018 Jacqueline Woodson received Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the worlds largest prize for people writing childrens and youths literature.
"Jacqueline Woodson introduces us to resilient young people fighting to find a place where their lives can take root. In language as light as air, she tells stories of resounding richness and depth. Jacqueline Woodson captures a unique poetic note in a daily reality divided between sorrow and hope." Citation of the jury

Early life

Jacqueline Woodson was born on February 12, 1963 in the town of Columbus, Ohio. Much of Jacqueline's writing later in life may have been inspired by her childhood.  Her books talk about the struggle to find a place to fit in,  and being accepted in society. In fifth grade she was the editor of her school’s magazine. Her seventh English teacher encouraged her to write, and told her she should pursue her dreams, which may have led to where Ms. Woodson is today.

Personal life
Personal life

Many of Ms. Woodson’s books for older audiences touch on subjects she experienced growing up.  For example, she wrote about her parent’s struggling marriage, her brother’s struggles with homosexuality, and divisions based off of race in America which she had experienced first hand growing up as an African American in the Midwest.  Also, Ms. Woodson addresses the issue of confidence in young girls.  She says: “I write about all girls because I know what happens to self-esteem when we turn twelve, and I hope to show readers the number of ways in which we are strong."  Jacqueline uses her talent for writing and her experiences of the injustices and stereotypes in our country to promote awareness of important issues and give voices to the voiceless.

Books

Some books she has written include:
 Last Summer with Maizon (her first book)
 Martin Luther King Jr. and His Birthday (children's book)
 Autobiography of a Family Photo (for adults)
 Hush (for young adults)

References
References

 "World Book Online Reference Center | Online Reference Book| Online Encyclopedia." World Book. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 Authors and Artists for Young Adults, December 5, 2004, March 23, 2015

Writers from Ohio
Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author who has written many books. She writes fiction on many different subjects. She was born on October 23, 1961, in New York. As a young child, Anderson loved to listen to her father tell stories and poems. In 1983, Anderson married Gregory H. Anderson, a business executive. One year later in 1984, she earned her bachelor's degree from Georgetown university in Washington D.C. Anderson has published many books for young adults and children. She has written in many different genres as well. Some of Anderson’s most well known books include Speak, Fever 1793, and Catalyst. People appreciate her ability to capture the voices and attitudes of teenagers as they face personal problems in her books. In 2009, Anderson received the Margaret A. Edwards award for her contributions to young adult literature.

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Writers from New York (state)
Judy Blume is an American author.

Early life
Judy Blume was born on February 12, 1936 to Rudolph and Esther Sussman. She was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Blume graduated with honors from her high school, Battin, and went on to Boston University. She was forced to quit college after a year because of a disease that caused her to have too many large white blood cells. She then transferred to New York University where she graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science in early childhood education. She then had two children, Randy Lee and Lawrence Andrew. Many of her books are about the challenge pre-teens face when growing up in middle-class America.
Publications
Judy Blume has written many books, mostly focusing on middle-class children and the problems they face in their lives.  Her most famous piece is Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.  She started out writing books meant only for adults, such as Wifey, Smart noen, and Summer Sisters.  As time passed, Blume began to write books for children, including:
 The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
 Iggie's House
 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
 Then Again, Maybe I Won't
 Freckle Juice
 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
 It's Not the End of the World
 Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
 Deenie
 Blubber
 Forever
 Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself
 Superfudge
 The Judy Blume Diary: The Place to Put Your Own Feelings
 Tiger Eyes
 The Pain and the Great One
 Just as Long as We're Together
 The Judy Blume Memory Book
 Fudge-A-Mania
 Here's to You, Rachel Robinson
 Places I Never Meant to Be (editor)
 Double Fudge 
 Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One
Going, Going, Gone! With the Pain and the Great One
Awards and publisher
Her books are published by Bradbury Press. Throughout her lifetime she has received many awards. Some of these include, the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Library of Congress Living Legends award.

References
 "Judy Blume." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 Anderson, Celia Catlett. "Blume, Judy." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2015. Web.  23 Mar. 2015.

1936 births
Living people
New York University alumni
Writers from New Jersey
Marissa Meyer is well known for writing the Lunar Chronicles, which includes Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress. These books have parts of well known fairy-tales, but she added her own twist. The Lunar Chronicle books were very successful, Cinder, the first book in the seriesellers list.  In November 2015, the fifth in the Lunar Chronicle series will be published, Winter. Her most recently published book is Fairest, another book about fairytales. She even has many unfinished books lying around. She lives with her husband and three cats.

Early life 
Marissa Meyer was born on February 19, 1984. She grew up in Tacoma, Washington. When Meyer was 14 years old, she was introduced to anime and fan fiction. She was very interested in it and completed 40 stories under the name Alicia Blade. These stories were published on Fanfiction.net. She also wrote a novelette called The Phantom of Linkshire Manor. In 2007, the novelette was published in the Bound in Skin anthology.
Education 
Marissa Meyer went to Pacific Lutheran University, and got a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and children’s literature. At Pace University, she received her master’s degree in publishing. After she graduated, she became a book editor in Seattle. Later, she became a freelance typesetter and proofreader.

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Writers from Washington (state)
1984 births
Tamora Pierce is an American author. She was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on December 13th, 1954. Tamora Pierce is the daughter of Wayne Pierce and Jacqueline Pierce, but her parents divorced. Her family moved from Pennsylvania to California many times. Tamora loved reading books as a child, and she started writing stories when she was in 6th grade. When she was a teenager, she stopped writing. One of her teachers motivated her to continue writing, and she started writing again as an adult.

Writing 
Tamora Pierce mainly writes fantasy books, but sometimes historical books. She enjoys writing series because of how the reader gets to live along with the characters. She likes writing books for teenagers. Many of her books have been translated into German, Danish, and Spanish.
Personal life
Tamora lives in New York, New York with her husband, 4 cats, parakeet, and sometimes rescued animals. She is interested in many topics which sometimes are included in her writing. Some topics she is interested in our culture, crime, wildlife, nature, historical events, and more.

Books

Song of the Lioness
 Alanna: The First Adventure (1983)
 In the Hands of the Goddess(1984)
 The Woman Who Rides Like a Man(1986)
 Lioness Rampant(1988)

Circle of Magic
 Wolf-Speaker(1994)
 The Emperor Mage(1995)
 The Realms of the Gods (1996)

The Immortals 
 Sandry’s Book (1996)
 Tris’s Book (1998)
 Daja’s Book (1998)
 Briar’s Book (1999)

Beka Cooper
 Terrier (2006)
 Bloodhound (2009)
 Mastiff (2011)

Protector of the Small
 First Test (1999)
 Page (2000)
 Squire (2001)
 Lady Knight (2002)

Circle Opens 
 Magic Steps (2000)
 Street Magic (2001)
 Cold Fire (2002)
 Shatterglass (2003)
 The Will of the Empress: The Circle Reforged (2005)
 Melting Stones (2008)
 Battle Magic (2013)

Awards
Awards

Alanna: The First Adventure 
 Author's Citation, Alumni Association of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1984

In the Hand of the Goddess 
 SchulerExpress ZDF Preis (Germany), 1985
 South Carolina Children's Book Award nomination, 1985- 86

Wolf Speaker 
 Children's Paperbacks Bestseller, Australian Bookseller and Publisher, 1995

The Emperor Mage 
 Best Books for Young Adults list, Hawaii State Library, 
 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror list, Voice of Youth Advocates, both 1995, 
 Best Books for Young Adults list, American Library Association, 1996

The Realms of the Gods 
 Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror list, Voice of Youth Advocates, 1996
 Best Books for the Teen Age list, New York Public Library

References

 "Tamora Pierce." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 "Tamora Pierce." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

Writers from Pennsylvania
Ally Carter is the pen name of Sarah Leigh Fogleman (born January 1, 1974),  She went to Oklahoma State University and Cornell University. Carter began writing at age 12. She published her first book in 2005, Cheating at Solitaire. S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders made her interested in writing. Carter first was a screenwriter, then started writing novels. Some of her books were My True Love Gave to Me, Double Crossed, Learning to Play Gin and Cheating At Solitaire. She also wrote two series, the Gallagher Girls Books and Heist Society Books. All Fall Down came out on January 20, 2015 to start her new series, Embassy Row.

Carter writes about teenage spies and thieves. Her books have been sold in over 20 languages.  It takes her four to six weeks to write one story, but she spends much more time editing the stories. Her books have appeared on several best sellers lists, such as the New York Times, as well as sold over two million copies in the United States alone.

References
References

 "FAQS." Ally Carter. N.p., 28 May 2014. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. 
 "Detailed Bio." Ally Carter. N.p., 27 Jan. 2012. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. 
 "Ally Carter." Amazon.com: : Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. 
 "Q & A with Ally Carter." PublishersWeekly.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. 
 "Miss Erin." : WBBT Interview: Ally Carter. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

1974 births
Living people
Writers from Oklahoma
American bloggers
Hillsboro is a town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States.

Towns in West Virginia
Raina Telgemeier was born May 26, 1977 in San Francisco, California. She has published many graphic novels for teenagers, including Smile, Drama, Sister, Baby Sitter Club Series, and X - men: Misfits. Telgemeier gets ideas for her stories from her life. For example, "Smile" came from her life. 

Telgemeier attended the School Of Visual Arts in New York City. She studied illustration. She graduated in 2002. Telgemeier met her husband, Dave Roman, at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating Telgemeier worked for a publisher in New York. But she was thinking about drawing her own books. She now lives and works in Queens, New York. Now, she is a famous cartoonist, animator, and novelist who has written many well known young adult novels.

Early life
Early life

Raina Telgemeier was born May 26, 1977 in San Francisco, California.  In her youth, Telgemeier was very interested in comics, and putting pictures and words together to make stories. As pictured in Smile, Telgemeier did have both front teeth knocked out in 6th grade.

Awards
Both her novels Smile and Sister have been #1 New York Times best sellers. Telgemeier has received an Eisner Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and many Best Of and Notable lists for her popular works of literature.

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Living people
1977 births
Writers from California
Kirsten Miller is an American author.

Early life
Kirsten Miller was born in 1973 in North Carolina. At age 17 she moved to New York City. Kirsten lives there now.

Books
Kirsten wrote the Kiki Strike series and All You Desire: Can You Trust Your Heart?. These are all novels aimed at young adults. The Kiki Strike series is about two girls who have gained access to catacombs, underground graveyards, and work on accessing the rest of their city. They used their girl scout skills. This series was written in 2006 and 2007. The Eternal Ones series is about a modern day high school girl who sees visions of herself, including one of her dying, in 1920’s New York City with a boy named Ethan Evans. After a lifetime of hearing and ignoring rumors of demons in her small town, she becomes involved with Iain Morrow in New York, who she thinks murdered her in a past life and is out to murder her again. These two books were written in 2010 and 2011.
Values
Kirsten is set apart from other authors by emphasizing the importance of “girl power”. She has chosen many female lead characters because she believes girls can make a change too.  She showed this by saying, “While the world wasn’t necessarily designed with young girls in mind, if a girl has a little ingenuity and a lot of confidence, she can make the world work to her advantage” in an teenreads.com interview in 2006.

References

 "Kirsten Miller." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 "Author Interview: June 2006." Author Interview: June 2006. Teenreads.com, June 2006. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.teenreads.com/authors/kristen-miller/news/interview-060906 >.

Writers from North Carolina
1973 births
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg (February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013) was an American writer.

Early life
Elaine Lobl Konigsburg was born on February 10, 1930 in New York. She was the daughter of Adolph, a businessman, and Beulah (Klein) Lobl. E.L. Konigsburg married a man named David Konigsburg in 1952. With David, she had three children, named Paul, Laurie, and Ross. She went to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. Konigsburg was a follower of the Jewish religion.

Konigsburg is the author of many children’s books, some including The Outcast of 19 Schuyler Place, From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, and Silent to the Bone. She began her career as an author later in her life. She left teaching after the birth of her first child in 1955, and returned to teach again in 1960. She stopped teaching again two years later, to move to New York for her husband’s job. With all of her kids at school, she had time to begin her writing career.
Accomplishments
E. L Konigsburg is the only author to have two books on the Newbery List at one time. In addition, in 1967, her book was honored in the “Book Week Children’s Festival”. She also won the William Allen White award for From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.

Books
 Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth
 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
 About the B'nai Bagels. New York, Atheneum
 A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
 The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper
 The Second Mrs. Giaconda
 Father's Arcane Daughter
 Throwing Shadows (stories)
 Journey to an 800 Number
 Up from Jericho Tel
 Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors
 Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions
 Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's
 T-Backs, T-Shirts, COAT, and Suit
 The View from Saturday
Sources
 "E(laine) L(obl) Konigsburg." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults. Detroit: Gale, 2002.Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015 E(laine) L(obl) Konigsburg." St. James Guide to Children's Writers. Gale, 1999. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2 2015

Writers from New York (state)
Wendy Mass is an American author who writes mainly for young adults and children. She was born on April 22, 1967 in Livingston, New Jersey, United States. She is most known for her young adult novel A Mango Shaped Space and Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life.

Personal life
Wendy Mass currently lives in Sparta New Jersey with her husband Michael, their twins Chloe and Griffin, and their two cats. Mass has lived in New Jersey as well as Los Angeles.

Education
Wendy Mass as a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University, a Masters degree from California State University, and has a Ph.D from Drew University.
Achievements
Wendy Mass has won the American Library Association (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School in 2004 for her book A Mango Shaped Space. She also has been nominated for 74 state book awards. Many of her books have been translated into 14 different languages and several were recorded as audio books. One of her young adult novels Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life was adapted into a movie in 2011.

References

 "Wendy Mass." The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2014. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.
 "Wendy Mass." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Biography in Context. Web. 23 Mar. 2015.

1967 births
Living people
American novelists
Writers from New Jersey
People from Livingston, New Jersey
Drew University alumni
Cynthia Kadohata is an American author, who has written many well known novels. A quote that expresses Cynthia Kadohata’s connection to writing and her books is “My memories become their memories, and their memories become mine.”

Major accomplishments
She won the 2005 Newbery medal, and she wrote a short fiction that has been seen in the New Yorker, Grand Street, and Pennsylvania Review. Her autobiographical novel on Japanese American life is also widely known and highly reviewed. Cynthia also earned a journalism degree at University of Southern California.