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Ginny Rorby
Ginny Rorby (born 9 August 1944) is an American young adult novelist. She was raised in Winter Park, Florida and lived in Miami during her career as a Pan American World Airways, Pan American flight attendant. She studied biology at the University of Miami and went on to receive an M.F.A. in creative writing from Florida International University. She was co-director of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference (www.mcwc.org) for eight years. She lives in northern California. Works *''Dolphin Sky'' (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996) *''Hurt Go Happy'' (Tor Books, Starscape, 2006) was chosen as one of the top 100 books to read and share by the New York Public Library in 2007 for its wonderful description of a deaf young teen who befriends a chimpanzee that signs. *''The Outside of a Horse'' (Dial Penguin, 2010) *''Lost in the River of Grass'' (Lerner Books, 2011) *''How to Speak Dolphin'' (Scholastic Press, 2017) *''Freeing Finch'' (Tom Doherty Associates, 2019) Like Dust, I Rise (Black Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Park, Florida
Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 30,183 according to the 2022 census population estimate. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Winter Park was founded as a resort community by northern business magnates in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (Founded on July 4, 1881 – Tales of Winter Park). Its main street, called Park Avenue, is located in the middle of town. It includes civic buildings, retail, art galleries, a private liberal arts college ( Rollins College), museums, a park, a train station, a golf course country club, a historic cemetery, and a beach and boat launch. History The Winter Park area's first human residents were migrant Muscogee people who had earlier intermingled with the Choctaw and other indigenous people. In a process of ethnogenesis, the Native Americans formed a new culture which they called "Seminole", a derivative of the Mvskoke' (a Creek language) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
