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Mar 12, 1934 Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States Died on 19 Feb 2002 (aged 67)
writer of children's books
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About Virginia Hamilton
- Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an African-American children's books author.
- She wrote 41 books, including M.
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- Higgins, the Great (1974), for which she won the U.S.
- National Book Award in category Children's Books and the Newbery Medal in 1975.Hamilton's lifetime achievements include the international Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing children's literature in 1992 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her contributions to American children's literature in 1995.
