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Sharon Mills Draper (born August 21, 1948)〔https://books.google.com/books?id=xrcY6VmaVCIC&pg=PA1〕〔http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Sharon-M-Draper/706340/revealed〕 is an American children's writer and a professional educator, the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the African-American experience. She may be known best for her novel, ''Darkness Before Dawn'', as well as ''The Battle of Jericho''. Other books include ''Copper Sun'', ''Double Dutch'', ''Out of My Mind'', the ''Jericho Trilogy'' and ''Romiette and Julio''. Draper won the Margaret A. Edwards Award from American Library Association in 2015. The annual award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". The judges cited six novels that were published from 1994 to 2007: ''Tears of a Tiger'', ''Forged by Fire'', and ''Darkness Before Dawn'' (the Hazelwood trilogy); ''The Battle of Jericho'', ''November Blues'', and ''Copper Sun''.〔 ("Sharon M. Draper wins 2015 Edwards Award for ''Tears of a Tiger'', ''Forged by Fire'', ''Darkness Before Dawn'', ''The Battle of Jericho'', ''November Blues'' and ''Copper Sun''" ). Press release February 2, 2015. American Library Association (ALA). ("Edwards Award" ). Young Adult Library Services Association. ALA. Retrieved 2015-02-08.〕 ==Personal life== Draper is graduate of Pepperdine University. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is an active participant in the activities of the YWCA of Cincinnati, a member of the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association, and Top Ladies of Distinction. Ms. Draper travels extensively and has been a guest on television and radio programs throughout the country, discussing issues of literature, reading, and education. She is an accomplished public speaker who addresses educational and literary groups of all ages, both nationally and internationally, with entertaining readings of her poetry and novels. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband. Her daughter has cerebral palsy, a disease in which the main character in ''Out of My Mind'' lives with. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sharondraper.com/biography.asp )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sharon Draper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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