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Kerry Madden

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Kerry Madden
Born (1961-11-22) November 22, 1961 (age 62)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
OccupationAuthor of young adult fiction, Professor
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (BA, MFA)
SpouseKiffen Madden-Lunsford
Children3
Website
kerrymadden.com

Kerry Madden (born November 22, 1961)[1] is an American author of teen novels and a professor of creative writing at Antioch University[2] and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Personal life and education

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Madden was born November 22, 1961, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[1]

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee[1] and spent her junior year at Manchester University in England.[citation needed] She has an Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Tennessee.[1]

Madden is married to Kiffen Madden-Lunsford,[1] who is retired from Carson Gore Elementary in Los Angeles.[citation needed] She has three children: Flannery, Lucy, Norah.[1] Lucy illustrated Madden's first picture book, Nothing Fancy About Kathryn and Charlie.[citation needed]

She divides her time between Birmingham and Los Angeles.[citation needed]

Career

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Madden has taught at several universities. Circa 1986, she taught English at Ningbo University, after which she was an English as a second or foreign language teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1989 to 1995.[1] Later, she began teaching creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] She presently directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and teaches in the Antioch University Master of Fine Arts Program in Los Angeles.[1]

In addition to publishing children's books and teaching, Madden regularly contributes the Los Angeles Times OpEd Page.

Awards and honors

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Offsides was a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age.[citation needed]

Awards for Madden's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2007 Louisiana's Song Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction Finalist [3]
2010 Harper Lee YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Nominee [4]

Publications

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  • Offsides William Morrow, 1996, ISBN 9780688149352
  • Writing Smarts: A Girl's Guide to Writing Great Poetry, Stories, School Reports, and More! Illustrated by Tracy McGuinness, Pleasant Company, 2002, ISBN 9781584855057
  • Gentle's Holler, Viking, 2005, ISBN 978-0-670-05998-0
  • Louisiana's Song Details. Penguin Group. 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-06153-2.
  • Jessie's Mountain Details. Penguin Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-06154-9.
  • Harper Lee. Penguin Young Readers Group. 19 March 2009. ISBN 978-1-101-16283-5

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Madden, Kerry 1961–". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ "Kerry Madden-Lunsford". Antioch University Los Angeles. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "2007 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. ^ "2010 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award Nominations". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
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