I'm only thankful that children like my stories as well, my own children included. I have a son, Jaime, and a daughter, Leigh. I met Arnold Adoff in 1957 and we were married in New York, March, 1960. We describe ourselves as a two-Olivetti family. We live with our children, ten cats and one dog, in a great modern house smack in the middle of a cornfield, the last remaining section of that farm belonging to my family.
Writing is our staff of life.
Home and hearth is the medium by which it grows. Virginia Hamilton is a prolific author who has made her mark over the last 30 years as one of the most significant writers of works for children and young adults. Nearly all of her books deal with the black experience, but reviewers have been quick to point out that her works have universal appeal. Hamilton achieved critical success from the start, with the publication of her first book, Zeely, in 1967. The story focuses on Geeder, a lonely and imaginative young girl who spends the summer on her uncle's farm.