Ann Turner

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name = Ann Turner


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birthname = Ann Warren
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birthplace = Northampton, Massachusetts
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nationality = American
period = 1970-present
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spouse = Rick Turner
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Ann Warren Turner (December 10, 1945-) is an American poet and children's author.

Biography

Early life and education

Ann Warren was born on December 10, 1945 in Northampton, Massachusetts to printer Richard Warren and artist Marian Gray Warren. The second of three children, she and her brothers grew up in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree at Bates College in Maine and a Master of Arts in Teaching at the University of Massachusetts.

Career

Marriage and children

Ann married Rick Turner on June 3, 1967. They have two children, Benjamin and Charlotte.

Published works

Poetry

*"Tickle a Pickle" illustrated by Karen Ann Weinhaus (Macmillan, 1986)
*"Street Talk" illustrated by Catherine Stock (Houghton Mifflin, 1986)
*"Grass Songs" illustrated by Barry Moser (Harcourt, 1993)
*"A Moon for Seasons" illustrated by Robert Noreika (Macmillan, 1994)
*"The Christmas House" illustrated by Nancy Edwards Calder (HarperCollins, 1994)
*"Mississippi Mud" illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1997)
*"A Lion's Hunger" illustrated by Maria Jimenez (Marshall Cavendish, 1998)
*"Learning to Swim: a Memoir" (Scholastic, 2000)

Picture books

*"Dakota Dugout" illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1985)
*"Time of the Bison" illustrated by Beth Peck (Macmillan, 1987)
*"Nettie's Trip South" illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1987)
*"Hedgehog for Breakfast" illustrated by Lisa McCue (Macmillan, 1989)
*"Heron Street" illustrated by Lisa Desimini (Harper & Row, 1989)
*"Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies" illustrated by James Hale (Harper & Row, 1990)
*"Stars for Sarah" illustrated by Mary Teichman (HarperCollins, 1991)
*"Katie's Trunk" illustrated by Ronald Himler (Macmillan, 1992)
*"Rainflowers" illustrated by Robert J. Blake (HarperCollins, 1992)
*"Apple Valley Year" illustrated by Sandi Wickersham Resnick (Macmillan, 1993)
*"Sewing Quilts" illustrated by Thomas B. Allen (Macmillan, 1994)
*"Shaker Hearts" illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 1997)
*"Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War" illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 1998)
*"Let's Be Animals" illustrated by Richard E. Brown (HarperFestival, 1998)
*"Angel Hide and Seek" illustrated by Lois Ehlert (HarperCollins, 1998)
*"Red Flower Goes West" illustrated by Dennis Nolan (Hyperion, 1999)
*"Secrets from the Dollhouse" illustrated by Raúl Colón (HarperCollins, 2000)
*"In the Heart" illustrated by Sally Mavor (HarperCollins, 2001)
*"Abe Lincoln Remembers" illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2001)
*"When Mr. Jefferson Came to Philadelphia: What I Learned of Freedom, 1776" illustrated by Mark Hess (HarperCollins, 2003)
*"Pumpkin Cat" illustrated by Amy June Bates (Hyperion, 2004)
*"Sitting Bull Remembers" illustrated by Wendell Minor (HarperCollins, 2007)

Novels

*"A Hunter Comes Home" (Crown, 1980)
*"The Way Home" (Crown, 1982)
*"Third Girl from the Left" (Macmillan, 1986)
*"Grasshopper Summer" (Macmillan, 1989)
*"Rosemary's Witch" (HarperCollins, 1991)
*"Dust for Dinner" illustrated by Robert Barrett (HarperCollins, 1995)
*"One Brave Summer (HarperCollins, 1995)
*"Elfsong" (Harcourt, 1995)
*"Finding Walter" (Harcourt, 1997)
*"" (Scholastic, 1999)
*"" (Scholastic, 2003)
*"Maïa of Thebes : 1463 B.C." (Scholastic, 2005)
*"Hard Hit" (Scholastic, 2006)

Non-fiction

*"Vultures" (D. McKay Co., 1973)
*"Houses for the Dead" (D. McKay Co., 1976)
*"Rituals of Birth: from Prehistory to the Present" (D. McKay Co., 1978)
*"The Scrub Oak" with Anna E Laine (1980)

Awards

*1967: first prize, "The Atlantic Monthly" college creative writing contest
*1991: first prize, National Council for the Social Studies, "Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies"

References

External links

*http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80-25955