Katherine Paterson, 2nd Annual ODU Literary Festival

Document Type

Featured Participant

Festival Date

10-2-1979

Location

Rooms 148-150, Webb University Center

Author/Artist Bio

Katherine Paterson is the author of five books of children's literature. Her first novel, "The Sign of the Chrysanthemum," was published in 1973, followed in 1974 by "Of Nightingales That Weep,'' an American Library Association Notable Children's Book "The Master Puppeteer," another ALA Notable, was awarded the 1977 National Book Award for Children's Literature, and "Bridge to Terabithia,'' also an ALA Notable, received the 1978 Newbery Medal and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Mrs. Paterson's most recent novel, "The Great Gilly Hopkins,'' is a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable, and recipient of both the 1978 Christopher Award and the 1979 National Book Award.

Description

Paterson gave a reading on Children's Literature at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2,1979 in Rooms 148-150, Webb University Center, Norfolk Virginia.

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