Cynthia Voigt
Autor(a) de Dicey's Song
About the Author
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. mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Cynthia Voigt
Set of Books in the celebrated Tillerman Cycle 2 exemplares
The Black Bear 1 exemplar
Come a Stranger/Dicey's Song/A Solitary Blue 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Irving, Cynthia (maiden)
- Data de nascimento
- 1942-02-25
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Locais de residência
- Deer Isle, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Maryland, USA - Educação
- Smith College
- Ocupações
- author
teacher - Relações
- Voigt, Walter (spouse)
- Prémios e menções honrosas
- Margaret A. Edwards Award (1995)
- Agente
- Merrilee Heifetz
Membros
Discussions
Found: Fiction novel girl becomes a hero em Name that Book (Setembro 2021)
Trying to Remember a Book from School - drama/journey? low reading level? em Name that Book (Abril 2014)
trying to find titles for 2 unrelated YAFIC books read around 2006-08 em Name that Book (Junho 2013)
YA novel about squire and his knight em Name that Book (Outubro 2012)
Vikings - (I think) YA, historical - female lead - romance - DAMN GOOD - not an erotic viking novel em Name that Book (Julho 2012)
Críticas
Listas
Sonlight Books (3)
Best War Stories (1)
Books About Boys (1)
Female Author (1)
Edgar Award (1)
Farm Boy Fantasy (1)
Prémios
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 56
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 16,930
- Popularidade
- #1,318
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 293
- ISBN
- 647
- Línguas
- 11
- Marcado como favorito
- 38