Angela Johnson (1) (1961–)
Author of The First Part Last
For other authors named Angela Johnson, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for show more Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Courtesy of Birmingham Alabama Public Library (Flickr) ~ Photo by Larry O. Gay
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Works by Angela Johnson
Through a Window [short story] — Author — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1961-06-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Kent, Ohio, USA
Tuskegee, Alabama, USA - Education
- Kent State University
- Awards and honors
- MacArthur Fellowship (2003)
Coretta Scott King Author Award (1998)
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2018)
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- Works
- 47
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 10,704
- Popularity
- #2,221
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 434
- ISBNs
- 295
- Languages
- 3