Amy timberlake biography

Female. Education: University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A. (creative writing).

Addresses

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 19 Union Square W., New York, NY

Career

Writer. University of Illinois, Chicago, former instructor in English composition; Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA, writing teacher; Virginia Commission for the Arts, public information officer; has also worked as a children's bookseller and for the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Member

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Illinois chapter).

Honors Awards

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies residency fellow, ; Parent's Choice Gold Medal, and Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, both , and Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award first prize, International Reading Association Notable Book designation, Spur Award finalist, and Southeast Booksellers Association Book Award finalist, all , all for The Dirty Cowboy. Amy Timberlake - Wikipedia TUPY