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Evelyn Coleman's BIO Evelyn Coleman has been writing for more than twelve years. She loves writing more than she loves to eat -- and she is not skinny. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Children's Literature Association, Novelists, Inc. the Authors Guild, Sisters-in-Crime, Chairperson for Mystery for Minors, Past President of Mystery Writers of America, Southeast Chapter, currently a Board Member of MWA Southeast, an advisory board member of the African American Writer's Alliance, and a past instructor for the Institute of Children's Literature. In 1989, Evelyn Coleman was the first African American in North Carolina Arts Council's ten year history to win one of their $5,000 fiction fellowships. Coleman also won merit fellowships to Rice University and Highlights week-long writing schools for children in 1991. That same summer she attended Vassar=s week long children=s writing school. She has worked with some really great editors, Harold Underdown, (he discovered her) Kathy Tucker, Yvette La'Pierre, Peg Ross and with the famed young adult editor, Richard (Dick) Jackson. Recently Coleman received the Atlanta's Mayor Fellowship worth $5,000 for her literary achievements in children's literature. Coleman is the 38th Annual Georgia Author of the Year for children and young adult literature, 2002-2003. She is also recipient of the King Baudouin Cultural Exchange Fellowship, 2002-2003. She'll be headed to Europe this fall. Her first stop the Magic Carpets International Perspective Conference at the University of Leeds. Sponsored by the Society of Children's Authors, UK. She'll spend most of her time in Belgium working toward enhancing communications between children's authors in the US & Belgium. Coleman also wrote the screenplay for Academy Award winner, Barbara Bryant for the adaptation of White Socks Only to a live-action film. Coleman is a frequent lecturer and workshop leader for many institutions and organizations including the American Library Association and the National Conference of Teachers of English. She was a certified instructor for the Institute of Children=s Literature and for thirteen years a psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and stress management trainer. All of her books, including Born in Sin, Circle of Fire, Mystery of the Dark Tower, The Foot Warmer and the Crow, The Glass Bottle Tree, To Be a Drum, The Riches of Oseola McCarty and White Socks Only have garnered praise and recognition including these honors:
To Be a Drum... "Although there are numerous picture books about the Middle Passage and African Slavery, few are as poetic and creative as To Be a Drum. And educational and uplifting story." Tansy Miller, Oakland PL, Association of Children's Librarians, BayViews, CA "An excellent addition to any home or school library, this title is especially recommended for elementary aged children but is a wonderful story for any age. " G. Pritchy Smith & Deborah A. Batistic, Multicultural Perspectives "Incredible textural collages by Aminah Lynn Robinson become the drums of Coleman's story, beating out history, beauty and a richness of movement and color." Susie Wilde, Public Radio, WUNC 91.5 FM The Riches of Oseola McCarty.... "Written with elegant simplicity but deeply moving and insprational, this is something different for Black History month and for easy biography assignments." Christine Hall, Willingboro Public Library, Youth Jersey Regional Library Cooperative "This story reads like an unbelievable fairy tale, and Daniel Minter's exceptional wood-cuts illustrate it perfectly. I dare anyone to read this book without goose bumps or tears." Reviews for FWISD, by Phyllis Evans, Librarian, Carter Park #111 White Socks Only... "An effective portrayal of a child's innocence and her awakening to racism." Booklist "A Powerful book about prejudice and a community pulling together and slapping bigotry in the face." Lower Columbia Library Review Group "A Book that should be in every school." Ohioana Quarterly, Ohio Library Association The Glass Bottle Tree... "Is a courageous picture book that I recommend for older elementary school students. Coleman's book can help children talk about everything from different ways of expressing love, prejudice, and a definition of family on love, not economic circumstances. From Susie Wilde's radio program at WUNC, Chapel Hill The Foot Warmer and the Crow... "The Foot Warmer and the Crow is about empowerment, patience, wisdom, intelligence and the fulfillment of a dream. Quarterly Black Review "It's a welcome jolt to see a story about slavery that ends with such a satisfying peck of revenge. Older children will relish the honesty and the ironic humor, and Daniel Minter's carved and painted wood illustrations offer a satirical grotesquerie of characters. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "A powerful illustrations for a powerful story." New York Times Book Review
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