Biography on sharon draper
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Sharon M. Draper
American author and educator (born 1948)
Sharon Mills Draper (born August 21, 1948)[1][2] is an American children's writer, professional educator, and the 1997 National Teacher of the Year.
She is a two-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience.
Biography on sharon draper
She is known for her Hazelwood and Jericho series, Copper Sun,Double Dutch, Out of My Mind and Romiette and Julio.
Personal life
Draper was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Victor D. Mills and Catherine Gachett Mills.
She is the oldest of 3 and has two younger siblings.[3] Growing up, she played the piano and loved to read.[4] By eleven she had read nearly every children's book in her local library and was given a special library card in order to be allowed to check out adult books.[5]
Draper earned her Bachelor's Degree, majoring in English, from Pepperdine University and her Master's of Art