Coretta Scott King Award
3 appearances
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Edition 26 (1995) Winner
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Edition 29 (1998) Winner
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Edition 38 (2007) Winner
Sharon M. Draper
シャロン・エム・ドレイパー
Sharon M. Draper
Aliases:
Sharon Draper
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1948-08-21 （Cleveland, Ohio）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cleveland, Ohio → Cincinnati, Ohio
Career
- Occupations
- children's writer, educator
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Influenced By
- Alex Haley
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University | — | English Department | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| Miami University (Ohio) | — | English | Master of Arts | — | United States |
Pepperdine University
English Department
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Country:
United States
majoring in English
Miami University (Ohio)
English
Degree:
Master of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | John Steptoe Award for New Talent | Tears of a Tiger | — | Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee | winner |
| 1998 | Coretta Scott King Award | Forged by Fire | Author Award | American Library Association | winner |
| 2007 | Coretta Scott King Award | Copper Sun | Author Award | American Library Association | winner |
| 2015 | Margaret A. Edwards Award | — | — | American Library Association | winner |
| 2016 | Charlotte Huck Award | Stella by Starlight | — | NCTE | winner |
John Steptoe Award for New Talent
1995
Work:
Tears of a Tiger
Organization:
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee
Result:
winner
Coretta Scott King Award
1998
Work:
Forged by Fire
Category:
Author Award
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Coretta Scott King Award
2007
Work:
Copper Sun
Category:
Author Award
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Margaret A. Edwards Award
2015
Organization:
American Library Association
Result:
winner
Charlotte Huck Award
2016
Work:
Stella by Starlight
Organization:
NCTE
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 25 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Tears of a Tiger
1994 Young adult fictionFollows high school basketball players dealing with guilt and grief after a drunk driving accident.
deathgrieffriendship
Forged by Fire
1997 Young adult fictionA boy faces abuse and family issues.
abusefamilyresilience
Copper Sun
2006 Historical fictionStory of an African girl captured into slavery who escapes.
slaveryracefreedom
Out of My Mind
2010 Children's fictionA girl with cerebral palsy fights to be heard.
disabilityintelligenceacceptance
Bibliography
- Tears of a Tiger
- Forged by Fire
- Darkness Before Dawn
- The Battle of Jericho
- November Blues
- Just Another Hero
- Romiette and Julio
- Double Dutch
- Copper Sun
- Out of My Mind
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realistic narrativeDialogue-drivenEmotionally rich descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- death and griefabuseracial issuesdisabilitiesresilience
Legacy
Renowned for books depicting the African-American youth experience, two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner, and 1997 National Teacher of the Year.
Trivia
- By age 11, read nearly every children's book in her local library and received a special card for adult books.
- Began writing career in 1990 after a student's challenge, winning her first contest in Ebony magazine.