CONNIE PORTER
Author
Connie Porter is the author of the Addy series, a series of historical children's novels from American Girl. Her first novel, All-Bright Court was named in 1991 as a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and by the New York Times as one of its "Best Books." Her essays have appeared in Glamour and Seventeen, and her book reviews in The Boston Globe and New York Times. She was named regional winner in Granta magazine's 1996 contest for the "Best American Writers Under Forty."
Connie Porter's, Imani All Mine, published by Houghton Mifflin in 1999 was named an Honor Book by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, an Alex Award winner by the Young Adult Services Association of the American Library Association,. as well as being chosen as one of the Best Books for Young Adults by the ALA. Book List also picked it as one of Editors Choice for Best Books Adults Books For Young Adults. She lives in Pennsylvania.
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