Taylor, Mildred D.

Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including"The Road to Memphis", "Let the Circle Be Unbroken", "The Land", and"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry".Her bookshave won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a"BostonGlobe Horn Book"Award. Her book"The Land"was awarded the"L.A. Times"Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children s Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children s Literature. Mildred Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Toledo, Ohio...