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]

  1. ^ a b c Mack, S. Thomas (2007). "Ann Hodgman". Guide to Literary Masters & Their Works. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
  2. ^ Sutton, Judith C. (October 15, 1995). "Book Reviews: Science and Technology". Library Journal. 120 (17): 82. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.
  3. ^ Black, Elaine Baran (2011). "How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day". School Library Journal. 57 (9): 182. Retrieved 13 September 2016 – via EBSCOhost.

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