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Virginia Hamilton

Website:	www.virginiahamilton.com

Birthplace:	Yellow Springs, OH USA

Author Biography

     Virginia Hamilton was born March 12, 1936 in Yellow Springs, Ohio and died February 19, 2002.  She graduated from Ohio State University.  Hamilton was a nightclub singer before  becoming an author.  The author married Arnold Adoff, a well-known children's poet, and they had two children, Leigh and Jaime Levi.  There is a Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature in her honor.
    Hamilton is best known for her novels featuring African American characters and folk tales. She is also known as Virginia Hamilton Adoff.  "The House of Dies Drear" was the 1968 Edgar Allan Poe Winner.  "The Planet of Junior Brown" was a 1972 Newbery Honor Book.  "M.C. Higgins, the Great" was the 1975 Newbery Medal Winner and also won the National Book Award. "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush" was a Newbery Honor Book in 1983.   "In the Beginning" was a Newbery Honor Book in 1989.  Hamilton received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1992 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her lasting contribution to literature for children in 1995. "Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl" was an ALA Notable Children's Book in 2004.

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