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American writer of children's literature
Karen Lynn Williams is an American writer of
children's literature . She is best known for her books about the difficulties of children in developing countries.
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Background
Williams was born in 1952 in
New Haven, Connecticut . She was graduated from the
University of Connecticut (B.S., 1974) and
Southern Connecticut State University (M.S., 1977). She was a teacher of the deaf in Connecticut from 1977 to 1980 and a
Peace Corps teacher of English in
Malawi from 1980 to 1983. From 1990 to 1993 she lived and worked in
Deschapelles ,
Haiti , where her husband, Steven Williams, was a doctor at the
Hôpital Albert Schweitzer .
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Williams teaches literature and writing in the
Chatham University
Master of Fine Arts Program
in Children's and Adolescent Writing .
Books
Galimoto , fiction (New York: Lothrop, 1990).
Baseball and Butterflies , fiction (New York: Lothrop, 1990).
When Africa Was Home , fiction (New York: Orchard Book, 1991).
First Grade King , fiction (New York: Clarion Books, 1992).
Applebaum's Garage , fiction (New York: Clarion Books, 1993).
Tap-Tap , fiction (New York: Clarion Books, 1994).
A Real Christmas This Year , fiction (New York: Clarion Books, 1995).
Painted Dreams , fiction (New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1998).
One Thing I'm Good at , fiction (New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard Books, 1999).
Circles of Hope , fiction (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2005).
Four Feet, Two Sandals , fiction (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2007).
Sources
Contemporary Authors Online . The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000106578.
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