| Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | |
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 Patent in Hawaii, 2007 | |
| Born | Dorothy Hinshaw (1940-04-30) April 30, 1940 (age 84) Rochester, Minnesota, US |
| Occupation | Writer and educator |
| Education | BA in biological sciences, Ph.D. in zoology |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley |
| Genre | Children's nonfiction |
| Subject | Nature |
| Notable awards | Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award |
| Spouse | Greg Patent |
| Website | |
| dorothyhinshawpatent | |
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (born April 30, 1940) is a teacher and author of over 100 children's nonfiction books. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
In 1964 she married Greg Patent.
Awards
She has received numerous awards for her writing. "In 1987, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science literature for young readers." She received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award.
References
- ^ "Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award Winner Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
- ^ "Biography, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". Scholastic Teachers.
- "Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.
External links
- Works by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent at Library Thing
- Dorothy Hinshaw Patent at Library of Congress, with 136 library catalog records
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- 1940 births
- American children's writers
- American nature writers
- Writers from Montana
- Living people
- American women children's writers
- American women science writers
- American women non-fiction writers
- 21st-century American women
- People from Rochester, Minnesota
- Stanford University alumni
- University of California, Berkeley alumni
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