Ohio - About the AuthorArticles and Discussionshttp://oh.webjunction.org/ohctroaftertupacauthor2009-04-16T15:19:15Z2009-04-16T15:19:15ZOverviewruth metcalfhttp://oh.webjunction.org/ohctroaftertupacauthor2009-04-16T15:19:15Z<br><p> <img height="315" alt="" width="225" src="/image/image_gallery?img_id=55034252&t=1239655351708" /></p><p> <i><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: small">Photograph Used With Permission From Penguin Young Readers Group</span></span></span></i></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Born on February 12th in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline Woodson grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She now writes full-time and has recently received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults. Her other awards include a Newbery Honor, two Coretta Scott King awards, two National Book Award finalists, and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize. Although she spends most of her time writing, Woodson also enjoys reading the works of emerging writers and encouraging young people to write, spending time with her friends and her family, and sewing. Jacqueline Woodson currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Other Resources: </span></span></span></b></div><p><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial">Houghton Mifflin Meet the <a href="http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/mtai/woodson.html">Author</a>: Jacqueline Woodson</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span><a href="http://www.inprinthouston.org/jacqueline-woodson"><span style="font-size: small">In Print</span></a></span></span></span><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span> Inspiring Readers and Writers – Jacqueline Woodson</span></span></span></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span>Reading Rockets </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span><a href="http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/woodson"><span style="font-family: Arial">Video</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial"><span> Interview with Jacqueline Woodson</span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span>Scholastic </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #000080"><span style="font-size: small"><span><a href="http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3590"><span style="font-family: Arial">Biography</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Arial"><span> – Jacqueline Woodson</span></span></span></span></div>ruth metcalf