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| Experience as a writer: |
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My first book came out in 1984. I
have continued to write a book or two a year since that time. Before
I began to write books, I had published magazine
articles. |
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| Awards: |
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Homesteading on the Plains; Daily Life in the
Land of Laura Ingalls
Wilder -- finalist in the 1998 Western Writers of America juvenile
nonfiction award.
ALS - Lou Gehrig's Disease -- Honor Book
2002 Best Books for the Sciences, Grades 7-12, Society of School
Librarians, International.
Jane Long's Journey -- 1998 Parent Council
Award.
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| Writeups about Mary Dodson Wade: |
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Something About the Author (Gale
Research Inc.), vol. 79,
pp.214-216 |
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| Experience in the education field: |
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I spent 25 years as an elementary librarian, with
five additional years of classroom teaching, in Texas, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Arkansas. |
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| Education: |
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Bachelor of Arts, Baylor University, cum laude
(major: English; minors: History,
Education) |
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Master of Arts: Texas Woman's University (major:
Library Science; thesis:
"Programmed Instruction in the Use of the Library") |
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| Memberships: |
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Society of Children's Book Writers and
Illustrators |
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Texas Library Association |
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Texas Council on the Social Studies |
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Ft. Bend (Texas) Museum |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Associations (Missouri,
South Dakota, New York) |
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Texas State Historical Association |
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Western Writers of America |
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Women Writing the West |
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| Workshop
Presentations and other Activities |
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Sam Houston State University book festivals (10
times 1983-1998) |
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Texas Council on the Social Studies (5 times
1994-1998) |
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Texas State Historical Association (3 times
1988-1995) |
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Texas State Reading Association (1996) |
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Various writers' conferences (1985 to date) |
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Judge, Juvenile Fiction - Western
Writers of America (1998), Texas Institute of Letters (1995), and
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum (2000, 2003, 2004,2005) |
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| Travel: |
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Egypt, Greece, Mexico, China,
Japan, Peru, Jamaica, Ireland, Philippines, Hawaii, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan, Trinidad, ancient American Indian sites in the
Southwest. |