Tanita S. Davis
Tanita S. Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | young adult fiction |
| Years active | 1999-now |
| Notable works | Mare's War |
| Notable awards | 2010 Coretta Scott King Award |
| Website | |
| tanitasdavis | |
Tanita S. Davis is an American author of
young adult novels, best known for her NAACP Image Award-nominated and Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel Mare's War, about two teens going on a roadtrip with her WWII veteran grandmother who tells them about her rebellious past.[1]
Personal life
Davis was born in
PhD before moving back to Northern California.[2]
Davis is married and lives in Northern California with her husband.[3]
Works
- Camp Chronicles Series
- Summer of Friends (Review & Herald Publishing, 1999)
- Summer of Memories (Review & Herald Publishing, 2000)
- A la Carte (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008)
- Mare's War (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009)
- Happy Families (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2012)
- Peas and Carrots (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2016)
- Serena Says (Katherine Tegen Books, 2020)
- Partly Cloudy (Katherine Tegen Books, 2021)
- Figure It Out, Henri Weldon (HarperCollins US, 2023)
Awards
Won
- 2010 Coretta Scott King Honor for Mare's War[4]
Nominated
- 2010 NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work - Youth/Teens category for Mare's War[5]
References
Children and Young Adult Literature portal
- ^ "Junior Library Guild : Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis". www.juniorlibraryguild.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ a b c d "Tanita S. Davis". tanitasdavis.com. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ a b c Johnson, Varian. "Tanita S. Davis". The Brown Bookshelf. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ "Mare's War | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ Staff Writer (2010-01-08). "Idris Elba, Sophie Okonedo and Chiwetel Ejiofor make the 41st NAACP Image Award nominations". African Vibes Magazine. Retrieved 2019-04-12.