Ann Hodgman
Ann Hodgman (born 1956) is an American author of more than forty children's books as well as several cookbooks and humor books and many magazine articles.
Biography
[edit]Ann Hodgman was raised in Rochester, New York and graduated from Harvard University in 1978.[1] At Harvard, she was a staff member on the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Advocate. Between 1978 and 1984, she lived in New York City and worked as a children's book editor for Bantam Books.[1] She and her husband, author David Owen, moved to Washington, Connecticut and in 1988, she had a son.[1]
Work
[edit]Hodgman's Beat That! Cookbook (1995), was considered one of the funniest cookbooks the Library Journal had reviewed.[2] How To Die of Embarrassment Every Day (2011) is a children's book and also a memoir of her life up to the sixth grade.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Mack, S. Thomas (2007). "Ann Hodgman". Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ Sutton, Judith C. (October 15, 1995). "Book Reviews: Science and Technology". Library Journal. 120 (17): 82. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ Black, Elaine Baran (2011). "How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day". School Library Journal. 57 (9): 182. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
External links
[edit]- Ann Hodgman's Website Archived 2011-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Ann Hodgman at Library of Congress, with 49 library catalog records
- Ann Hodgman at Fantastic Fiction
- American children's writers
- 1956 births
- Living people
- The Harvard Lampoon alumni
- People from Washington, Connecticut
- Writers from Rochester, New York
- Harvard Advocate alumni
- American women children's writers
- 20th-century American writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- Writers from Connecticut
- American children's writer stubs