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Patricia Hermes
Patricia Hermes is the author of numerous award-winning books for children and young adults. She is the recipient of the California Young Reader Medal, the Nene Award, and the Iowa Teen Award. Several of her books have been named CBC/NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies. She has helped launch the My America series with OUR STRANGE NEW LAND. Patricia Hermes lives in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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Kristiana Gregory
Kristiana Gregory says that her writing is her way of sharing with young readers her love of history and her deep appreciation for our first Americans. She received a Golden Kite Award for JENNY IN THE TETONS — the first in her "Great Episodes" series. Along with being a former book reviewer and columnist for The Los Angeles Times, she also was an editor, a legal secretary and a summer camp counselor/swim instructor. She lives in Boise, Idaho with her family.
A Talk with Kristiana Gregory
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Mary Pope Osborne
Mary Pope Osborne is the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of more than forty books for children and young adults in almost every genre. Her first Dear America book, STANDING IN THE LIGHT: The Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, was made into a mini-movie for HBO. She has helped launch the My America series with MY BROTHER'S KEEPER. A past president of the Author's Guild, she lives in New York City.
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Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Sharon Dennis Wyeth is the author ONCE ON THE RIVER, named one of the 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing of 1998 by the New Public Library; ALWAYS MY DAD, a "Reading Rainbow Book"; and SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, a Children's Book Council Notable Book in the field of Social Studies. FREEDOM'S WINGS: Corey's Diary; Kentucky to Ohio, 1857 is her first My America book.
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