Mildred D. Taylor
American young adult novelist (born 1943)
Biography
Mildred DeLois Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is a Newbery Award-winning American young adult novelist. She is best known for her novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, part of her Logan family series.
Taylor is known for exploring powerful themes of family and racism faced by African Americans in the Deep South, in works that are accessible to young readers. She was awarded the 1977 Newbery Medal for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003. In 2020 she received the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Library Association, and in 2021, she won the Children's Literature Legacy Award.
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Career highlights
Notable works
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Awards & honours (3)
- Newbery Medal
- NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature
- Children's Literature Legacy Award
Quick answers about Mildred D. Taylor
- How old is Mildred D. Taylor?
- Mildred D. Taylor is 83 years old (born September 13, 1943).
- When is Mildred D. Taylor's birthday?
- Mildred D. Taylor was born on September 13, 1943.
- Where was Mildred D. Taylor born?
- Mildred D. Taylor was born in Jackson.
- What is Mildred D. Taylor's zodiac sign?
- Mildred D. Taylor's zodiac sign is Virgo.
- What is Mildred D. Taylor's nationality?
- Mildred D. Taylor is a citizen of United States.
- What does Mildred D. Taylor do?
- Mildred D. Taylor is known as writer, children's writer, young adult author, novelist.
