- Katherine Ayres
Katherine Ayres is an American writer of
children's literature .Born in 1947 in
Columbus, Ohio , she was raised inOhio ,West Virginia , and New York. In 1965 she graduated from West Islip High School inWest Islip, New York . She completed herBA at The College of Wooster in 1969 and her MA atTufts University in 1974. Her first career was as a teacher and elementary school principal. In the 1990s she began writing for children.Ayres coordinates the
Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children’s and Adolescent Writing.Books
* "Family Tree", fiction (New York: Delacorte Press, 1996).
* "North by Night: A Story of the Underground Railroad", fiction (New York: Delacorte Press, 1998).
* "Voices at Whisper Bend", fiction (Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company, 1999).
* "Silver Dollar Girl", fiction (New York: Delacorte Press, 2000).
* "Under Copp's Hill", fiction (Middleton, Wisconsin: Pleasant Company, 2000).
* "Stealing South: A Story of the Underground Railroad", fiction (New York: Delacorte Press, 2001).
* "A Long Way", fiction (Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2003).
* "Macaroni Boy", fiction (New York: Delacorte Press, 2003).
* "Matthew's Truck", fiction (Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2005).
* "Up, Down, and Around", fiction (Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2007).ources
"Contemporary Authors Online". The Gale Group, 2002.
External links
* [http://personal.chatham.edu/faculty/kayres/default.htm Katherine Ayres website]
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