Phillip Hoose
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Hoose at the 2010 Texas Book Festival
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| Born | May 31, 1947 South Bend, Indiana |
| Occupation | author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Indiana University, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
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| Spouse | Sandi Ste. George |
| Children | Hannah and Ruby |
Phillip M. Hoose (born May 31, 1947) is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles. His first published works were written for adults but he turned his attention to children and young adults, in part to keep up with his daughters. His work has been well received and honored more than once by the children's literature community. He won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, Nonfiction, for The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (2004) and the National Book Award, Young People's Literature, for Claudette Colvin (2009).
Hoose was born in South Bend, Indiana, grew up in the Indiana towns of South Bend, Angola, and Speedway, and attended Indiana University. A graduate of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Hoose was for 37 years a staff member of The Nature Conservancy, dedicated to preserving the plants, animals and natural communities of the Earth. Hoose has two children, Hannah and Ruby, who are grown. He lives in Portland, Maine with his wife, the artist Sandi Ste. George.
A songwriter and performing musician, Phillip Hoose is a founding member of the Children's Music Network and a member of the band Chipped Enamel.
Hey, Little Ant (Tricycle Press, 1998), inspired by his daughter Ruby and co-authored by his daughter Hannah, received a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award.
It’s Our World, Too!: Stories of Young People Who Are Making a Difference'' (Little, Brown, 1998) won a Christopher Award for "artistic excellence in books affirming the highest values of the human spirit."
We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award. In addition, it was dubbed a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and an International Reading Association Teacher's Choice.
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