| Kerry Madden | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1961-11-22) November 22, 1961 (age 63) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author of young adult fiction, Professor |
| Education | University of Tennessee (BA, MFA) |
| Spouse | Kiffen Madden-Lunsford |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
| kerrymadden | |
Kerry Madden (born November 22, 1961) is an American author of teen novels and a professor of creative writing at Antioch University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Personal life and education
Madden was born November 22, 1961, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee and spent her junior year at Manchester University in England. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Tennessee.
Madden is married to Kiffen Madden-Lunsford, who is retired from Carson Gore Elementary in Los Angeles. She has three children: Flannery, Lucy, Norah. Lucy illustrated Madden's first picture book, Nothing Fancy About Kathryn and Charlie.
She divides her time between Birmingham and Los Angeles.
Career
Madden has taught at several universities. Circa 1986, she taught English at Ningbo University, after which she was an English as a second or foreign language teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1989 to 1995. Later, she began teaching creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles. She presently directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and teaches in the Antioch University Master of Fine Arts Program in Los Angeles.
In addition to publishing children's books and teaching, Madden regularly contributes the Los Angeles Times OpEd Page.
Awards and honors
Offsides was a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age.
| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Louisiana's Song | Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Harper Lee | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction | Nominee |
Publications
- Offsides William Morrow, 1996, ISBN 9780688149352
- Writing Smarts: A Girl's Guide to Writing Great Poetry, Stories, School Reports, and More! Illustrated by Tracy McGuinness, Pleasant Company, 2002, ISBN 9781584855057
- Gentle's Holler, Viking, 2005, ISBN 978-0-670-05998-0
- Louisiana's Song Details. Penguin Group. 2007. ISBN 978-0-670-06153-2.
- Jessie's Mountain Details. Penguin Group. 2008. ISBN 978-0-670-06154-9.
- Harper Lee. Penguin Young Readers Group. 19 March 2009. ISBN 978-1-101-16283-5
References
- ^ "Madden, Kerry 1961–". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
- "Kerry Madden-Lunsford". Antioch University Los Angeles. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- "2007 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "2010 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award Nominations". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2010-01-19. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
External links
Categories:
- Living people
- People from Daytona Beach, Florida
- University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty
- American children's writers
- American women novelists
- 21st-century American women writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- University of Tennessee alumni
- Novelists from Alabama
- American women academics
- 1961 births