Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Hamilton has written at least 47 books. Their most popular book is The House of Dies Drear with 8 saves with an average rating of 3.33⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Young Adult, African Americans, and Fiction.

Adventurous, dark, and tense are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Virginia Hamilton was born and raised in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She attended Antioch College on a scholarship, and then transferred to Ohio State University in 1956 to study literature and creative writing. In 1958 she moved to New York City where she worked odd jobs, studied fiction writing at the New School for Social Research, and wrote.

Hamilton married in 1960 and became a full-time writer. In 1967 she published her first book, Zeely, published in 1967, which won numerous awards, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

In 1969, Hamilton and her family moved back to Yellow Springs, Ohio. Over the course of career, she published 41 books, largely for children, which included picture books, folktales, mysteries, science fiction, novels, and biographies. She died of breast cancer in 2002.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	3.33	4 reads
The people could fly Virginia Hamilton	4.5	2 reads
M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton	5	2 reads
Justice and her brothers Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
Plain City Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
In the Beginning Virginia Hamilton	5	1 read
Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton	5	1 read
Zeely Virginia Hamilton	3	1 read
Cousins Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Mystery of Drear House Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bluish Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton	3.5	1 read
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The house of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
When birds could talk & bats could sing Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Listen to This	0	0 reads
The Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Zeely Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Time pieces Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Junius over far Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Her stories Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Girl Who Spun Gold Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The all Jahdu storybook Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Jaguarundi Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bluish Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Second Cousins Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Arilla Sun Down Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Drylongso Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A Little Love Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The time-ago tales of Jahdu Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Gathering Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The planet of Junior Brown Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A white romance Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Dustland: The Justice Cycle, Book Two Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Paul Robeson Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Many Thousand Gone Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A ring of tricksters Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Jahdu Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	3.33	4 reads
The people could fly Virginia Hamilton	4.5	2 reads
M.C. Higgins, the Great Virginia Hamilton	5	2 reads
Justice and her brothers Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
Plain City Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
In the Beginning Virginia Hamilton	5	1 read
Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton	5	1 read
Zeely Virginia Hamilton	3	1 read
Cousins Virginia Hamilton	0	1 read
In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Mystery of Drear House Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bluish Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton	3.5	1 read
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The house of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
When birds could talk & bats could sing Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Listen to This	0	0 reads
The Bells of Christmas Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Zeely Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Time pieces Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Junius over far Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Her stories Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Girl Who Spun Gold Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The all Jahdu storybook Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Jaguarundi Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bluish Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Second Cousins Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Arilla Sun Down Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Drylongso Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A Little Love Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The time-ago tales of Jahdu Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Gathering Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The planet of Junior Brown Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A white romance Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Dustland: The Justice Cycle, Book Two Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Paul Robeson Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Many Thousand Gone Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
A ring of tricksters Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads
Jahdu Virginia Hamilton	0	0 reads

Virginia Hamilton

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