Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003)
Autor(a) de A Family Apart
About the Author
Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train mostrar mais Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por Joan Lowery Nixon
Who is my neighbor?: The Good Samaritan for beginning readers : Luke 10:29-37 for children (I can read a Bible story) (1976) 37 exemplares
Five Loaves and Two Fishes: Feeding of Five Thousand for Beginning Readers : John 6:1-15 for Children (I Can Read a… (1976) 26 exemplares
ORPHAN TRAIN ADVENTURE SET- A FAMILY APART, IN THE FACE OF DANGER, CAUGHT IN THE ACT, A PLACE TO BELONG (1996) 5 exemplares
Casebusters The Statue Walks at Night 2 exemplares
Orphan Train Children — Autor — 1 exemplar
The Mystery of the Hidden Cockatoo 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Mothers & Daughters: Celebrating the Gift of Love in 12 New Stories (1998) — Contribuidor — 81 exemplares
From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction (1997) — Contribuidor — 42 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1927-02-03
- Data de falecimento
- 2003-06-28
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Locais de residência
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Houston, Texas, USA - Educação
- University of Southern California
Hollywood high school - Ocupações
- journalist
children's book author
mystery writer
novelist - Organizações
- The Authors Guild
Society of Children's Book Writers
International Board on Books for Young People (Friends)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Joan Lowery grew up in Hollywood, California. She attended Hollywood High and the University of Southern California, where she majored in journalism and met her future husband, Hershell Nixon. She was a writer since very early childhood, and was first published at age 10, when one of her poems appeared in a children's magazine. She sold her first article to a magazine when she was 17. After college, she became interested in writing fiction and went on to produce more 100 books. Her books for children and young adults ranged from picture books to mysteries to historical novels. Joan Lowery Nixon won awards for her writing in all genres, but was especially recognized as a mystery writer -- she was a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
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Found: YA Cancer survivor em Name that Book (Junho 2022)
YA Historical Romance - Western em Name that Book (Setembro 2016)
(M95'12) The Seance, Joan Lowery Nixon em World Reading Circle (Janeiro 2013)
childrens to young adult; mystery em Name that Book (Abril 2012)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 138
- Also by
- 7
- Membros
- 10,112
- Popularidade
- #2,349
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 169
- ISBN
- 714
- Línguas
- 8
- Marcado como favorito
- 6