Biographical Bibliography

BOOKS
· Authors & Artists for Young Adults. Volume 18. Detroit:  Gale, 1996.
· Something about the Author Autobiography Series. Volume 8. Detroit:  Gale,   1989.
· Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers. 1st edition. St. James Press, 1994.

PERIODICALS
· Horn Book, August, 1981, p. 431.
· Locus, October, 1989. p. 48.
· Locus, October, 1992. p. 50.
· Los Angeles Times Book Review. September 27, 1992, p. 12.
· New York Times Book Review. March 2, 1986, p. 29.
· New York Times Book Review. March 10, 1996. p. 21.
· School Library Journal, May. 1981. p. 72.
· Washington Post Book World. March 9, 1986. p. 10.

Selected Awards and Honors

Margaret Alexander Edwards Award, 2003

Annie on My Mind was selected to the 1982 Booklist Reviewer's Choice, the 1982 American Library Association (ALA) Best Books, and the 1970-83 ALA Best of the Best lists.

Fours Crossing was selected to the 1983-84 William Allen White Award Master List.