Anne Shelby

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Anne Shelby (born September 25, 1948) is an American writer of children's picture books.

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Biography

Early life and education

Anne Gabbard was born on September 25, 1948, in Berea, Kentucky. Her parents were teachers. She attended Kentucky Southern in 1966 for one year before the college closed. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Andrews College in 1970 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky in 1981. [1] [2]

She married Jimmy Godwin on December 26, 1968, and they divorced in 1972. She married Edmund Shelby, a teacher, on August 25, 1972. She has one child. She lives in Oneida, Kentucky. [2] [1]

Career

She has worked for the Appalachian Writers Workshop, the School for the Creative and Performing Arts in Lexington, KY, and for the gifted program at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. [2]

Three of Shelby's books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly or Kirkus Reviews : Homeplace (Orchard Books, 1995), The Someday House (Orchard Books, 1996), and The Man Who Lived in a Hollow Tree (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009). [3] [4] [5] Homeplace was a Junior Library Guild selection. [2]

Selected works

Children's books

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References

  1. 1 2 "Anne Shelby (1948-)." Something About the Author, edited by Alan Hedblad, vol. 121, Gale, 2001, pp. 152-164. Gale Literature: Something About the Author. Accessed 9 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Anne Shelby." Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors , Gale, 2010. Gale Literature Resource Center. Accessed 9 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 THE MAN WHO LIVED IN A HOLLOW TREE | Kirkus Reviews.
  4. 1 2 "Homeplace by Anne Shelby". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  5. 1 2 THE SOMEDAY HOUSE | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ↑ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  7. ↑ "We Keep a Store by Anne Shelby". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  8. ↑ POTLUCK | Kirkus Reviews.
  9. ↑ "What to Do about Pollution-- by Anne Shelby". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  10. ↑ HOMEPLACE | Kirkus Reviews.
  11. ↑ "CHILDREN'S BOOKS; Bookshelf" . The New York Times. 1995-06-11. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  12. ↑ "The Someday House by Anne Shelby". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  13. ↑ "Bookshelf" . The New York Times. 1996-09-08. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  14. ↑ THE ADVENTURES OF MOLLY WHUPPIE | Kirkus Reviews.
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