Katherine Hannigan (born 1962) is a children's and young adults' writer.
Biography
Hannigan was born in
Lockport, New York
Lockport is both a city and the town that surrounds it in Niagara County, New York. The city is the Niagara county seat, with a population of 21,165 according to 2010 census figures, and an estimated population of 20,305 as of 2019.
Its name d ...
in 1962. She has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, education, and painting, and a
Master of Fine Arts in studio art. She has worked as assistant professor of art and design and as an education coordinator for
Head Start. She currently lives in a small town in
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
.
Works
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Ida B.'' (2004)
*''Emmaline and the Bunny'' - (2009)
*''True... (sort of)'' - (2011)
*''Dirt + Warter = Mud'' - (2016)
Awards
*2004
Josette Frank Award The Josette Frank Award is an American children's literary award for fiction given annually by the Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education. It "honors a book or books of outstanding literary merit in which children or young peo ...
, ''Ida B''
*2004 Mitten Award, ''Ida B''
References
External links
KatherineHannigan.com
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Living people
1962 births
21st-century American novelists
American children's writers
American women novelists
American women children's writers
21st-century American women writers
People from Lockport, New York