Kerry Madden | |
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Born | Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. | November 22, 1961
Occupation | Author of young adult fiction, Professor |
Education | University of Tennessee (BA, MFA) |
Spouse | Kiffen Madden-Lunsford |
Children | 3 |
Website | |
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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.
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 ]
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.
Offsides was a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Louisiana's Song | Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction | Finalist | [3] |
2010 | Harper Lee | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction | Nominee | [4] |
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