Kerry Madden (born November 22, 1961)[1] is an American author of teen novels and a professor of creative writing at Antioch University[2] and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Kerry Madden
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Born | (1961-11-22) November 22, 1961 (age 62) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Occupation | Author of young adult fiction, Professor |
Education | University of Tennessee (BA, MFA) |
Spouse | Kiffen Madden-Lunsford |
Children | 3 |
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Madden was born November 22, 1961, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[1]
She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Tennessee[1] and spent her junior year at Manchester University in England.[citation needed] She has an Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from the University of Tennessee.[1]
Madden is married to Kiffen Madden-Lunsford,[1] who is retired from Carson Gore Elementary in Los Angeles.[citation needed] She has three children: Flannery, Lucy, Norah.[1] Lucy illustrated Madden's first picture book, Nothing Fancy About Kathryn and Charlie.[citation needed]
She divides her time between Birmingham and Los Angeles.[citation needed]
Madden has taught at several universities. Circa 1986, she taught English at Ningbo University, after which she was an English as a second or foreign language teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District from 1989 to 1995.[1] Later, she began teaching creative writing at the University of California, Los Angeles.[1] She presently directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and teaches in the Antioch University Master of Fine Arts Program in Los Angeles.[1]
In addition to publishing children's books and teaching, Madden regularly contributes the Los Angeles Times OpEd Page.
Offsides was a New York Public Library Pick for the Teen Age.[citation needed]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2007 | Louisiana's Song | Cybils Award for Middle Grade Fiction | Finalist | [3] |
2010 | Harper Lee | YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction | Nominee | [4] |