Cynthia Voigt
Auteur van Het verhaal van Dicey
Over de Auteur
Cynthia Voigt was born on February 25, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College, did graduate work at St. Michael's College, and later received a teacher's certification from Christian Brothers College. After college, she worked for an advertising agency. toon meer Before becoming a full-time author, she was a secretary and a high school English teacher. Her first book, Homecoming, was published in 1981. Her children's books address such issues at child abuse and racism, topics that are not often talked about in books designed for children. She is the author of numerous books including the Bad Girls series, the Tillerman Cycle series, and the Kingdom series. She won the Notable Children's Trade Book in the field of social studies for Homecoming, the Newbery Medal, ALA in 1983 for Dicey's Song, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1984 for The Callender Papers. In 1995, she received the MAE Award. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Cynthia Voigt
Set of Books in the celebrated Tillerman Cycle 2 exemplaren
Jackaroo 1 exemplaar
The Black Bear 1 exemplaar
Come a Stranger/Dicey's Song/A Solitary Blue 1 exemplaar
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Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Irving, Cynthia (maiden)
- Geboortedatum
- 1942-02-25
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Deer Isle, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Maryland, USA - Opleiding
- Smith College
- Beroepen
- author
teacher - Relaties
- Voigt, Walter (spouse)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (1995)
- Agent
- Merrilee Heifetz
Leden
Discussies
Found: Fiction novel girl becomes a hero in Name that Book (september 2021)
Trying to Remember a Book from School - drama/journey? low reading level? in Name that Book (april 2014)
trying to find titles for 2 unrelated YAFIC books read around 2006-08 in Name that Book (juni 2013)
YA novel about squire and his knight in Name that Book (oktober 2012)
Vikings - (I think) YA, historical - female lead - romance - DAMN GOOD - not an erotic viking novel in Name that Book (juli 2012)
Besprekingen
Lijsten
Sonlight Books (3)
Best War Stories (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Female Author (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Farm Boy Fantasy (1)
Prijzen
Misschien vindt je deze ook leuk
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 57
- Ook door
- 1
- Leden
- 16,929
- Populariteit
- #1,318
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 293
- ISBNs
- 647
- Talen
- 11
- Favoriet
- 38