Joyce Carol Thomas
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Born | American Book Award | May 25, 1938
Joyce Carol Thomas (May 25, 1938 – August 13, 2016)
Background
Thomas was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, the fifth of nine children in a family of cotton pickers. In 1948 they moved to Tracy, California, to pick vegetables. She learned Spanish from Mexican migrant workers and earned a B.A. in Spanish from San Jose State University. She took night classes in education at Stanford University, while raising four children, and received the master's degree in 1967.[1]
Literary awards
For her 1982 novel Marked by Fire, Thomas won a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction (paperback)[2][a] and an
Personal life
Thomas resided in Berkeley, California.[1] She died on August 13, 2016, at the age of 78.[4]
Notes
- ^ Thomas shared the 1982 award for paperback Children's Fiction.
From 1980 to 1983 inpaperback originalseven among the finalists for paperback awards.
References
- ^ a b c Jennifer Duke-Sylvester, "Joyce Carol Thomas". Tennessee Authors, The University of Tennessee. Archived 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2013-11-24.
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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"Coretta Scott King Book Award – All Recipients, 1970–Present". American Library Association (ALA).
"About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards". ALA. Retrieved 2013-11-24. - ^ Associated Press (2016-08-20). "Prize-winning author Joyce Carol Thomas dead at 78". suntimes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
External links
- Official website
- Write TV Public Television Interview with Joyce Carol Thomas
- Joyce Carol Thomas at Library of Congress, with 35 library catalog records