Author

Virginia Hamilton

born 12 March 1936 67 known books newest first

Virginia Hamilton was born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She attended Antioch College on a scholarship, and then transferred to Ohio State University in 1956 to study literature and creative writing. In 1958 she moved to New York City where she worked odd jobs, studied fiction writing at the New School for Social Research, and wrote.

Hamilton married in 1960 and became a full-time writer. In 1967 she published her first book, Zeely, published in 1967, which won numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

In 1969, Hamilton and her family moved back to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Over the course of career, she published 41 books, largely for children, which included picture books, folktales, mysteries, science fiction, novels, and biographies. She died of breast cancer in 2002.

Books

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67 books
A Lesson plan book for Cousins (I...

A Lesson plan book for Cousins (Innovations, experiencing literature in the classroom)

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A Little Love

A Little Love

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Anthony Burns

Anthony Burns

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Arilla Sun Down

Arilla Sun Down

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A ring of tricksters

A ring of tricksters

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A white romance

A white romance

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Big Plans, Unit 2, Teacher's Sour...

Big Plans, Unit 2, Teacher's Sourcebook

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Bluish

Bluish

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Bruh Rabbit and the tar baby girl

Bruh Rabbit and the tar baby girl

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Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop

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Collection of 3 Newbery Medal Winners

Collection of 3 Newbery Medal Winners

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Cousins

Cousins

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Cousins/Arilla Sun Down/The Myste...

Cousins/Arilla Sun Down/The Mystery of Drear House/Jaguarundi/Plain City-22 Copy

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Dark Way

Dark Way

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Discover new ways ... centers, ta...

Discover new ways ... centers, tasks, games

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Drylongso

Drylongso

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Dustland

Dustland

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Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for ...

Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People

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Everybody Duck

Everybody Duck

Year unknown Virginia Hamilton and Virginia Taylor Klose
Everybody Duck

Everybody Duck

Year unknown Virginia Hamilton and Virginia Taylor Klose
Gathering

Gathering

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Her stories

Her stories

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Illusion and reality

Illusion and reality

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Information finders

Information finders

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In the Beginning

In the Beginning

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Jaguarundi

Jaguarundi

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Jahdu

Jahdu

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Junius over Far (Charlotte Zolotow Book)

Junius over Far (Charlotte Zolotow Book)

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Justice and her brothers

Justice and her brothers

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Justice Trilogy

Justice Trilogy

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Lights! Camera! Action!

Lights! Camera! Action!

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Many Thousand Gone

Many Thousand Gone

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M.C. Higgins, the Great

M.C. Higgins, the Great

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Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

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Plain City

Plain City

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Prentice Hall Literature--Copper

Prentice Hall Literature--Copper

Year unknown Rhoda Blumberg, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Carroll, John Ciardi, Sandra Cisneros, Hattie Clark, Beverly Cleary, Olivia Clemens, Olivia Coolidge, Jack Cope, Bill Cosby, Harold Courlander, E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, I. G. Edmonds, T. S. Eliot, E-Yeh-Sure, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Fleischman, Russell Freedman, Robert Frost, John Gardner, Jean Craighead George, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield, Virginia Hamilton, George Herzog, Douglas Hill, Lee Bennett Hopkins, Langston Hughes, Kristin Hunter, Francisco Jimenez, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Brenda A. Johnston, Norton Juster, William Lloyd Garrison, Carol Kendall, Rudyard Kipling, Charles Kuralt, Myron Levoy, C. S. Lewis, Lawrence E. Berliner, Arnold Adoff, Lloyd Alexander, Isaac Asimov, Mary Austin, Natalie Babbitt, Basho, James Berry, Sheryl L Nelms, Yao-Wen Li, Myra Cohn Livingston, Jack London, Alice Low, Neil McAleer, David McCord, Marianna Mayer, Eve Merriam, Lillian Morrison, Lensey Namioka, Susan Nanus, Ogden Nash, Huynh Quang Nhuong, Philippa Pearce, Richard Peck, Charlotte Pomerantz, Jack Prelutsky, Horacio Quiroga, Gail Robinson, Andrew A. Rooney, Carl Sandburg, Seattle Chief, Ian Serraillier, William Shakespeare, Katherine B. Shippen, Leslie Marmon Silko, Shel Silverstein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Soseki, Gary Soto, John Steptoe, Carrol Alice Stout, Jesse Stuart, Vivian L. Thompson, James Thurber, Yoshiko Uchida, Louis Untermeyer, Anne Terry White, Valerie Worth, Laurence Yep, Jane Yolen, Charlotte Zolotow, Joan Aiken, Kristin Hunter Lattany, Francisco Jiménez, Margery Facklam, Susy Clemens, Garrison Keillor, Thomas Boswell, May Swenson, E-Yeh-Shure, Basho, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth, Judith Viorst, Mai Vo-Dinh, Douglas Hill, l. G. Edmonds, and Mary MacLeod
Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver

Year unknown Sumner Braunstein, Rudolfo A. Anaya, Maya Angelou, Isaac Asimov, Toni Cade Bambara, Basho, Rosemary Benét, Morris Bishop, Arna Bontemps, Hal Borland, Ray Bradbury, Bruce Brooks, Pearl S. Buck, Arthur C. Clarke, Mark Twain, Davy Crockett, Bernard DeVoto, J. Frank Dobie, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Felton, Harold W., Robert Frost, Richard Garcia, Ellen Goodman, Frances Goodrich, Shirley Ann Grau, Albert Hackett, Edward Everett Hale, Virginia Hamilton, Robert Hayden, O. Henry, James Herriot, Patricia Hubbell, Langston Hughes, Evelyn Tooley Hunt, Zora Neale Hurston, Jerry Izenberg, Shirley Jackson, Gish Jen, Daniel Keyes, Naoshi Koriyama, Ursula K. Le Guin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Stephen Longstreet, Anne McCaffrey, Phyllis McGinley, Machado de Assis, Robert MacNeil, Naomi Long Madgett, Beryl Markham, Joaquin Miller, N. Scott Momaday, Toshio Morita, Moritake, Anaïs Nin, Ann Lane Petry, Edgar Allan Poe, Julio Noboa Polanco, Wendy Rose, Roberto Felix Salazar, Ricardo Sanchez, Carl Sandburg, Lew Sarett, Juan A. A. Sedillo, Olive Senior, William Shakespeare, Mimi Sheraton, Shel Silverstein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, John Steinbeck, Adrien Stoutenburg, May Swenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Yoshiko Uchida, John Updike, Mark Van Doren, José García Villa, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, Richard Wesley, Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, and William Carlos Williams
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze

Year unknown Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Aesop, Joan Aiken, Ai-Ling Louie, Sherwood Anderson, Russell Baker, Bashō Matsuo, George Blecher, Alain Boubil, Ray Bradbury, Daniel Crump Buchanan, Inea Bushnaq, John Caird, Lewis Carroll, Антон Павлович Чехов, Sandra Cisneros, Lucille Clifton, Olivia E. Coolidge, Bill Cosby, Harold Courlander, E. E. Cummings, Karen Cushman, Jim Davis, Walter De la Mare, Charles Dickens, James Dickey, Emily Dickinson, Annie Dillard, Jacqueline Dineen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan Essoyan, Jack Finney, Robert Frost, Ernesto Galarza, Chief Dan George, Nikki Giovanni, Reid Goldsborough, Alex Haley, Virginia Hamilton, Michael Hardwick, Mollie Hardwick, Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway, O. Henry, James Herriot, Edward D. Hoch, Richard Holler, Phillip Hoose, Israel Horovitz, Johnette Howard, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Washington Irving, Barbara Jordan, Rudyard Kipling, Jon Krakauer, Herbert Kretzmer, Maxine Kumin, Charles Kuralt, William W. Lace, Gary Larson, Don Lessem, H. N. Levitt, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mary MacLeod, Jay Macpherson, Naomi Long Madgett, Mai Vo-Dinh, Hugh Masekela, Eve Merriam, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Minamoto No Sanetomo, Pat Mora, Walter Dean Myers, Myoe, Jean-Marc Natel, Ogden Nash, Alfred Noyes, Trevor Nunn, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver, Mary O'Neill, Charles Osgood, Raymond R. Patterson, Josephine Preston Peabody, Juliet Piggott, Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Quindlen, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Paul Reiser, Wendy Rose, Christina Georgina Rosetti, Cynthia Rylant, Carl Sandburg, William Saroyan, John Godfrey Saxe, Rod Serling, Robert Service, Blanche Serwer-Bernstein, Idries Shah, William Shakespeare, Shel Silverstein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, William Jay Smith, Gary Soto, James Stephens, John Strege, Amy Tan, Sara Teasdale, Hernando Tellez, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Piri Thomas, James Thurber, Lone Thygesen-Blecher, Mark Twain, James Ramsey Ullman, Alice Walker, Geoffrey C. Ward, Anne Terry White, Walt Whitman, Richard Wilbur, William Butler Yeats, Laurence Yep, Jane Yolen, and Basho Matsuo
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level

Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level

Year unknown Kate Kinsella, Aesop, Joan Aiken, Sherwood Anderson, Russell Baker, Bashō Matsuo, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Carroll, Sandra Cisneros, Lucille Clifton, Olivia E. Coolidge, Bill Cosby, Harold Courlander, E. E. Cummings, Karen Cushman, Walter De la Mare, Charles Dickens, James Dickey, Emily Dickinson, Annie Dillard, Jacqueline Dineen, Jack Finney, Robert Frost, Ernesto Galarza, Chief Dan George, Nikki Giovanni, Reid Goldsborough, Alex Haley, Virginia Hamilton, Thomas Hardy, Ernest Hemingway, O. Henry, James Herriot, Edward D. Hoch, Richard Holler, Phillip Hoose, Israel Horovitz, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Barbara Jordan, Rudyard Kipling, Jon Krakauer, Maxine Kumin, William W. Lace, Don Lessem, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Naomi Long Madgett, Eve Merriam, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Pat Mora, Walter Dean Myers, Ogden Nash, Alfred Noyes, Charles Osgood, Raymond R. Patterson, Josephine Preston Peabody, Juliet Piggott, Edgar Allan Poe, Anna Quindlen, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wendy Rose, Cynthia Rylant, Carl Sandburg, William Saroyan, Rod Serling, Robert Service, William Shakespeare, Shel Silverstein, Isaac Bashevis Singer, William Jay Smith, Gary Soto, James Stephens, Amy Tan, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Piri Thomas, James Thurber, Mark Twain, James Ramsey Ullman, Alice Walker, Geoffrey C. Ward, Anne Terry White, Walt Whitman, Laurence Yep, Gillian Standing, Paul Stillwell, Edith Wharton, Jim Willard, Terry Willard, Jane Wilson, and Basho Matsuo
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Copper Level

Year unknown Kate Kinsella, Kevin Feldman, Colleen Shea-Stump Ph.D., Joyce Armstrong Carroll, Edward E. Wilson, Ray Bradbury, Cynthia Rylant, Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Diana Chang, Walter Dean Myers, Jack London, Francisco Jiménez, Russell Baker, Garrison Keillor, Leslie Silko, Myron Levoy, Helen Keller, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Charlotte Pomerantz, George Eliot, Nikki Giovanni, Jerry Spinelli, Jesse Stuart, Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Zebrowski, Paul Zindel, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Rudyard Kipling, Julia Alvarez, Judith Viorst, Arnold Adoff, Ogden Nash, Gwendolyn Brooks, Rosemary Benét, Stephen Vincent Benét, Langston Hughes, Joan Aiken, James Thurber, Aesop, Jane Yolen, Sandra Cisneros, Maya Angelou, E. E. Cummings, Christopher Paul Curtis, Russell Freedman, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns, Isaac Asimov, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Edgar Allan Poe, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Jack Prelutsky, Robert D. Ballard, Laurence Yep, George Laycock, Chinua Achebe, John Gardner, James Berry, Антон Павлович Чехов, Martin Waddell, Charles Dickens, Jean Craighead George, Lensey Namioka, Lloyd Alexander, Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack, Jr., F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amanda Borden, Susy Clemens, Gary Soto, William Harwood, Joseph Bruchac, Kerry Cochrane, Bailey White, Susan Nanus, Arthur Miller, Richard Peck, Shel Silverstein, Lewis Carroll, Lillian Morrison, Bashö, Octavio Paz, Sara Teasdale, William Shakespeare, Rachel Field, Eve Merriam, Emily Dickinson, John Phillip Santos, Лев Толстой, Virginia Hamilton, l. G. Edmonds, Julius Lester, Olivia E. Coolidge, Ricardo E. Alegria, Tran, My-Van., Pearson Education, and Francisco Jimenez
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Reader's Companion -- Bronze Level

Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Reader's Companion -- Bronze Level

Year unknown Pearson Education, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Amy Tan, Alex Haley, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Cosby, Alice Walker, Gary Soto, Anna Quindlen, William Saroyan, Joan Aiken, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mark Twain, Sandra Cisneros, James Thurber, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Noyes, Piri Thomas, Charles Osgood, James Herriot, Lucille Clifton, Zora Neale Hurston, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Cynthia Rylant, Laurence Yep, Walter Dean Myers, James Dickey, Annie Dillard, Chief Dan George, Barbara Jordan, Israel Horovitz, Robert Service, Edgar Allan Poe, Pat Mora, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Juliet Piggott, Virginia Hamilton, Anne Terry White, Josephine Peabody, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Walter De la Mare, Jack Finney, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Eve Merriam, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, James Ramsey Ullman, Jon Krakauer, William Shakespeare, Seamus Heaney, Robert Frost, Geoffrey C. Ward, Thomas Hardy, Phillip M. Hoose, Naomi Shihab Nye, E. E. Cummings, Maxine Kumin, Shel Silverstein, Lewis Carroll, Jane Yolen, Sherwood Anderson, Russell Baker, William W. Lace, Ernesto Galarza, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, James Stephens, Nikki Giovanni, William Jay Smith, Bashō Matsuo, Raymond R. Patterson, Carl Sandburg, Naomi Cornelia Long Madgett, Wendy Rose, Harold Courtlander, Aesop, Olivia E. Coolidge, and Basho Matsuo
PROBLEM PATROL Teacher's SourceBo...

PROBLEM PATROL Teacher's SourceBook Grade 1 Unit 2

Year unknown Linda Gambrell and Virginia Hamilton
Reader's Companion--Bronze Level

Reader's Companion--Bronze Level

Year unknown Pearson Education, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Amy Tan, Alex Haley, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Cosby, Alice Walker, Gary Soto, Anna Quindlen, William Saroyan, Joan Aiken, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Mark Twain, Sandra Cisneros, James Thurber, Ray Bradbury, Alfred Noyes, Piri Thomas, Charles Osgood, James Herriot, Lucille Clifton, Zora Neale Hurston, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Cynthia Rylant, Laurence Yep, Walter Dean Myers, James Dickey, Annie Dillard, Chief Dan George, Barbara Jordan, Israel Horovitz, Robert Service, Edgar Allan Poe, Pat Mora, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Juliet Piggott, Virginia Hamilton, Anne Terry White, and Josephine Peabody
Second cousins

Second cousins

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Sweet whispers, Brother Rush

Sweet whispers, Brother Rush

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Teacher's Source Book Grade 1 Unit 1 HELLO

Teacher's Source Book Grade 1 Unit 1 HELLO

Year unknown Linda Gambrell and Virginia Hamilton
The all Jahdu storybook

The all Jahdu storybook

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The Bells of Christmas

The Bells of Christmas

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The Bells of Christmas

The Bells of Christmas

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The gathering

The gathering

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The girl who spun gold

The girl who spun gold

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The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear

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The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl

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The Mystery of Drear House

The Mystery of Drear House

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The People Could Fly

The People Could Fly

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The planet of Junior Brown

The planet of Junior Brown

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The time-ago tales of Jahdu

The time-ago tales of Jahdu

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Time-ago lost; more tales of Jahdu

Time-ago lost; more tales of Jahdu

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Time Pieces

Time Pieces

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Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton

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Virginia Hamilton : Five Novels

Virginia Hamilton : Five Novels

Year unknown Virginia Hamilton and Julie K. Rubini
Virginia Hamilton papers

Virginia Hamilton papers

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W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois

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Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny

Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny

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When birds could talk & bats could sing

When birds could talk & bats could sing

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Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed

Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed

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Zeely

Zeely

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