Kerry Madden

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Kerry Madden
Born (1961-11-22) November 22, 1961 (age 63)
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
OccupationAuthor of young adult fiction, Professor
Education University 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.

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Personal life and education

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 a 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

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

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

Awards for Madden's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2007Louisiana's Song Cybils Award for Middle Grade FictionFinalist [3]
2010Harper Lee YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction Nominee [4]

Publications

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References

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  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.