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Profile of Virginia Hamilton
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Virginia Hamilton |
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12th March 1936 |
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Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia A vibrant, beautiful, educated and dynamic speaker, Virginia Hamilton is a master of her time. She writes fictional stories, each very different from another. For instance, most authors make their plots and characters from different stories similar to one another. She makes each story very distinct in itself. On average, she has produced almost a new book every year since 1967.
Her maternal grandfather was a slave who escaped to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Born in 1936, she was one of five children who grew up on the family farm there. She celebrates both her African American and Native American roots. Both her father and her mother were gifted storytellers. A graduate of Antioch College, she married Arnold Adoff, himself an award winning children's book anthologist, poet and author. They have two children, a daughter Leigh and a son Jaime. Her hobbies are reading and surfing the Internet. She also enjoys swimming and walking.
Influenced by her parents' gifts in oral storytelling, Hamilton is a big fan of using traditional oral storytelling methods in her writing. For example, in her book, Miz Hattie Gets Some Company, the story begins with "Once upon time, when dogs barked in rhyme," and ends with "So be it, bow bended, don't you know. My story's ended." Children love hearing adults use oral storytelling because it gives the characters personality and makes the story come alive. In fact, if you think hard to your life as a child, you will also remember how much more alive stories seemed. She has said, "I rarely think about writing until I sit down to write. I know that sounds strange, but all the 'magic stuff' is kept way deep inside and all comes out when I'm ready to write
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