Sally M. Walker

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Sally M. Walker
Born1956 (age 6768)
New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Education Upsala College (BA)
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Spouse
James Walker
(m. 1974)
Children2

Sally Macart Walker (born 1956) is an American writer of nonfiction for children. She is best known for writing about scientific subject matter such as Mystery Fish: Secrets of the Coelacanth (2005) [1] or Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (2009). Additionally, Walker is known for books written in both Spanish and English (bilingual books) as seen in La Luz/Light (2007) and La Electricidad/Electricity (2007). She is also known as Sally Fleming.[ clarification needed ]

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Life

Walker was born in New Jersey in 1956 and now lives in DeKalb, Illinois. In 1974 she married James Walker, an igneous petrologist, and she is the mother of two children. Walker earned her B.A. at Upsala College in 1975. Her avocational interests are hiking, reading, cooking, and gardening. She holds memberships in the International Reading Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Career

Walker is a literature consultant and an author of nonfiction juvenile literature. Before becoming an author of children's literature Walker worked for Junction Book Store in DeKalb, IL as a children's book buyer (1988–94). She was also employed with Anderson's Bookshops in Naperville, IL as a children's literature consultant (1988) as well as a children's book specialist (1994). For a short time, Walker was an adjunct instructor for Northern Illinois University (1992–2005).

In 2006, her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley won the Sibert Medal. [2]

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References

  1. Walker, Sally M. (2005-08-01). Mystery Fish: Secrets of the Coelacanth. Millbrook Press. ISBN   978-0-8225-6352-5.
  2. "Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley | ALA". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.