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Pat Lowery Collins [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer, Poet
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Public address: 
Gloucester, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
patlc19@comcast.net
Bio: 

Biography

Pat Lowery Collins is a poet, painter, and the author of many books for children and young adults including the Reading Rainbow selection, I Am An Artist, and the recent sequel, I Am a Dancer.Her young adult novel in free verse, The Fattening Hut, won the Boston Author’s Club 2004 Julia Ward Howe Award and was a Book Sense Pick and ALA Amelia Bloomer choice. Her most recent historical fiction includes "Hidden Voices" and "Daughter of Winter",both from Candlewick Press. A picture book, The Deer Watch, is scheduled for the Candlewick 2013 list. A chapbook of her poems, The Quiet Woman Wakes Up Shouting, is one in a series of chapbook originals published by Folly Cove Books. She teaches in Lesley University’s MFA program in creative writing and lives and works in Gloucester, MA. Her web site is www.patlowerycollins.com [2]

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Los Angeles
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
California
Website: 
https://www.patlowerycollins.com [3]
Prizes won: 

Individual Artist Fellowship in fiction, NH State Council on the Arts
Millay Colony of the Arts Fellowship
Vermont Studio Center writer's grant in poetry
MA Cultural Council Professional Development Grant
Children's Books of the Year, Child Study Assn., 1993
Reading Rainbow selection, 1994, 1997
NYPL Books for the Teenage, 2000 and 2004
Boston Author's Club 2004 Julia Ward Howe Award
Elected to the ALA Amelia Bloomer Project, 2005
Booksense 76 List for 2003-2004
Grolier Best Forty Young Adult Books, 2003

Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Teenagers

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[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/pat_lowery_collins [2] http://www.patlowerycollins.com [3] https://www.patlowerycollins.com