Author Pathfinder: Sharon M. Draper

Out of My Mind

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About the Author:  Sharon M. Draper      

(picture from Library of Congress – National Book Festival site)

Have you ever read a book and found yourself wondering about the author – who is he/she really, how and why do they write, what other books/stories have they written?

Here is your chance to enter the world of Sharon M. Draper. And -what an interesting world it is!  Sharon Draper is not only an award winning author of young adult and children books, she has also written professional books for teachers. She was a teacher for 25 years and was honored in 1997, by then President Clinton, with the title of “U.S. Teacher of the Year”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Let’s start our journey by looking at what the on-line Encyclopedia of World Biography has to say about Sharon Draper.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Draper-Sharon.html

ProQuest Biographies

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_id=xri:pqllit-US&rft_dat=xri:pqllit:reference:bio16645

Now let’s visit Mrs. Draper at her own official website.

          http://sharondraper.com

As you can see from her website, Sharon Draper provides a great deal of information about herself and her books, but she also remains very much the educator. 

BOOKS BY SHARON M. DRAPER

Just some of the books written by Sharon Draper:

Fire from the Rock

Double Dutch

Darkness Before Dawn

Romiette and Julio

Copper Sun

November Blues

On her website, Mrs. Draper provides details about the books she has written.
http://sharondraper.com/books.asp

Amazon maintains a Sharon Draper page at the following web address:

          http://www.amazon.com/Sharon-M.-Draper/e/B001IGNR7I

APPEARANCES, BOOK TALKS AND MORE

Through her publisher, the following webpage is maintained:

http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Sharon-M-Draper/706340

Mrs. Draper’s appearances at the Library of Congress – National Book Festival - are discussed at:

http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/kids-teachers/authors/sharon_draper.html

JOURNAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS ABOUT SHARON M. DRAPER

Sharon Draper named Teacher of the Year at White House ceremony

Anonymous. Jet. Chicago: May 12, 1997. Vol. 91, Iss. 25; pg. 25, 1 pgs

Contest-winner scores in education and art

Kelly Starling. Ebony. Chicago: May 1998. Vol. 53, Iss. 7; pg. 126, 3 pgs

A conversation with Sharon Draper, winner of the 1998 Coretta Scott King Award

Judy Hendershot, Jackie Peck. The Reading Teacher. Newark: Apr 1999. Vol. 52, Iss. 7; pg. 748, 3 pgs

Out of My Mind

Robin L Smith, The Horn Book Magazine(Boston) , Mar/Apr 2010, Vol. 86, Iss. 2, pg. 53 (Accessed ProQuest Literature database)

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_id=xri:pqllit-US&rft_dat=xri:pqllit:criticism:1974337641

Romiette and Julio

Joy Freichs, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy(Newark) , Nov 2001, Vol. 45, Iss. 3, pg. 196 (Accessed ProQuest Literature database)

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_id=xri:pqllit-US&rft_dat=xri:pqllit:criticism:89303100

CONTACT INFORMATION

          Information for contacting the author is listed on her website,

                   http://sharondraper.com

SOURCES:

Judy Hendershot, & Jackie Peck. (1999). A conversation with Sharon Draper, winner of the 1998 Coretta Scott King Award. The Reading Teacher, 52(7), 748-750.  Retrieved April 5, 2011, from Platinum Full Text Periodicals. (Document ID: 40453527).

Kelly Starling.  (1998, May). Contest-winner scores in education and art. Ebony, 53(7), 126-130.  Retrieved April 5, 2011, from Platinum Full Text Periodicals. (Document ID: 29062162).

Sharon Draper named Teacher of the Year at White House ceremony. (1997, May). Jet, 91(25), 25.  Retrieved April 5, 2011, from Platinum Full Text Periodicals. (Document ID: 11681512).



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