Memberįirst prize, Scholastic/Hallmark Cards creative writing contest, 1973 Best Books for Young Adults citation and Best of the Best Books l970-82 designation, both American Library Association (ALA), New York Times Notable Children's Book designation, and Parents' Choice Award Superbook citation, all 1982, Children's Book Award, International Reading Association, 1983, California Young Reader Medal, 1986, and Booklist Best Books of the Decade (1980-89) list, all for The Darkangel Jane Tinkham Broughton Fellow in writing for children, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, 1984 Best Books for Young Adults semifinalist, ALA, 1985, for A Gathering of Gargoyles Parents' Choice Award for Literature citation, 1985, and New York Public Library Books for the Teen-Age citation, 1986, both for The Woman Who Loved Reindeer Individual Artist Fellowship special award for children's literature, Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs, 1987 Best Books for Young Adults citation, ALA, 1991, Young Adult's Choice Book, IRA, 1992, for The Pearl of the Soul of the World Books for the Teen Age list, New York Public Library, 1993, for Dark Moon Editor's Choice, Booklist, 2001, Best Books for Young Adults, ALA, 2002, Books for the Teen Age list, New York Public Library, 2002, Top 10 Fantasy Books for Youth, Booklist, 2002, nominated, Popular Paperbacks, YALSA, 2003, master list, Oklahoma Sequoyah Award, 2003-04, all for Treasure at the Heart of Tanglewood. Treasurer, Children's Literature Association Conference, Gainesville, 1982.
University of Florida, instructor in creative writing, 1978-80 Bookland, Gainesville, FL, clerk, 1981 Waldenbooks, Gainesville, FL, clerk, 1981-87 Aluchua County Library District, FL, library assistant, 1987. Home-424-H Northeast Sixth St., Gainesville, FL 32601. Hobbies and other interests: Music (composition, harp, and voice), picture book collecting, film and theater, anthropology, archaeology, languages, folklore and mythology, cats, science fiction, fantasy. Education: University of Florida, B.A., 1978, M.A., 1980.
(a professor of advertising) and Jo Ann (an editor and professor of agriculture maiden name, Bell) Pierce. Born July 5, 1958, in Seattle, WA daughter of Frank N.
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