Virginia Hamilton
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican writer of children's books (1936-2002)
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Virginia Esther Hamilton was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Newbery Medal in 1975.
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Virginia Esther Hamilton was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974), for which she won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Newbery Medal in 1975. Her works were celebrated for exploring the African-American experience, what she called "Liberation Literature."
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Lived 1936 to 2002 · aged 65
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