• Welcome to the official Virginia Hamilton Website. ... for Multicultural Literature at Kent State University, Pam Muñoz Ryan, read “A Letter to Virginia Hamilton.”
  • Virginia Esther Hamilton (March 12, 1936 – February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great (1974)...
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  • Meet Virginia Hamilton - Virginia Hamilton (1934--2002) was the author of over forty books for children, young adults, and their older allies.
  • Hamilton’s maternal grandfather, Levi Perry, had escaped from slavery as a child in Virginia by crossing the Ohio River to freedom.
  • 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...
  • This ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author's estate.
  • In the history of children's books, no one person has accomplished as much as Virginia Hamilton did to alter the landscape of our collective interpretation of...
  • Virginia Hamilton is a bestselling and award-winning young adult and children’s fiction author. The author was born in 1934, just on the edge of the Great...
  • Virginia Hamilton was a writer of children’s literature who wove black folktales and narratives of African-American life and experience into her work.