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After graduating from Princeton High School in 1973, Martin attended Smith College from 1973 to 1977. [5] She studied early-childhood education and child psychology. Her senior thesis was on the use of children's literature in the classroom.
This list of alumni of Princeton High School in New Jersey includes graduates and non-graduate former students. George Barna (born 1955), author [1] Chris Barron (born Christopher Barron Gross), lead singer of the Spin Doctors [2] Laurie Berkner (born 1969), children's musical artist [3] Richard E. Besser (born 1959, class of 1977), ABC News ...
John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction.He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World (a collection of five books, including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). [1]
Wilentz attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, [6] and earned one B.A. at Columbia University in 1972, before earning another at Balliol College, Oxford, in 1974 on a Kellett Fellowship. One of his mentors at Columbia was scholar of US history James P. Shenton. [7]
Picoult was born in Nesconset, New York, on Long Island in 1966. [2] She has one younger brother. [8] She graduated from Smithtown High School East in June 1983. She has described her family as "non-practicing Jewish". [9]
New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; George Washington Carver. New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age; A finalist for the 2009 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books; NAPPA Gold Award; NYPL's Children's Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing; Booklist pick for its 2008 “Top 10 Sci-Tech Books for Youth ...
During her time at Princeton, she was a four-year varsity ice hockey letter-winner. [1] After taking a leave of absence from Princeton in 1984–85, Kazmaier was named to the All-Ivy League First Team and the All-Eastern College Athletic Conference First Team as a senior in 1985–86. In addition, she was the Ivy League Most Valuable Player.
The book won the William Rockhill Nelson [5] award and was named a best book of 2005 by The Christian Science Monitor. [6] In 2006, Terrell was named to a list of best writers under 40 by a panel of National Book Critics Circle Award members. [7] In 2006 and 2010, Terrell embedded with the U.S. Army in Iraq. [8]