Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

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Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
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Patent in Hawaii, 2007
Born
Dorothy Hinshaw

(1940-04-30) April 30, 1940 (age 85)
Rochester, Minnesota, US
OccupationWriter and educator
EducationBA in biological sciences, Ph.D. in zoology
Alma mater Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley
GenreChildren's nonfiction
SubjectNature
Notable awardsWashington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award
Spouse Greg Patent
Website
dorothyhinshawpatent.com

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (born April 30, 1940) is a teacher and author of over 100 children's nonfiction books such as: How Smart are Animals?,At Home with the Beaver, and Saving the Tasmanian Devil. [1] She lives in Missoula, Montana. [2]

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In 1964 she married Greg Patent.[ citation needed ]

Awards

She has received numerous awards for her writing. [3] "In 1987, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science literature for young readers." [2] She received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award Winner Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
  2. 1 2 "Biography, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". Scholastic Teachers.
  3. ↑ "Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators . Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.


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