Raymond Bial Mailing Address: 208 W. Iowa St. Urbana, IL  61801 County: Champaign E-mail: rbial@alexia.us.uiuc.edu Website: www.raybial.com Phone: work: 217-351-2295 home: 217-328-2665 fax: 217-351-2581 Genre: Children's Literature/Creative Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• numerous

Book Publications:

• Ghost Towns of the American West, 2001
• One-Room School, 1999
• A Handful of Dirt, 2000
• The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek, 1999
• Where Lincoln Walked, Walker & Co., 1998
• The Fresh Grave (And Other Ghostly Stories), Midwest Traditions, 1997
• The Strength of These Arms: Life in the Slave Quarters, Houghton Mifflin, 1997
• On going Series: Lifeways: Building America
• 9 other childrens books published, 1991 - 1997
• Various books--photoessay and others--published, 1982 - 1997

Forthcoming Publications:

• The Long Walk: The Story of Navajo Captivity
• Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower Eastside

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• ALA Notable Children's Book (Amish Home) and Numerous other awards

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

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Present Employment:

• Author and photographer

Preferred Audience:

Willing to travel:

• yes