Judith B Fradin Mailing Address: 2121 Dobson Evanston, IL 60202 County: Cook e-mail: yudiff@aol.com Phone: 847-869-8099 Genre: Children's literature, Children's and Young Adult Non-Fiction

Periodical Publications:

• May/June issue of FOOTSTEPS magazine--photo-article on African American art.

Book Publications:

• Sea to Shining Sea state book series, Children's Press
  
• Who Was Sacagawea? Dutton
  
• Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement Clarion
  
• Fight On! Mary Church Terrell's Battle for Integration Clarion
  The above books were co-authored with my husband, Dennis

Forthcoming Publications:

• The Power of One Clarion (This young adult biography details the fascinating life story of Daisy Bates, the Arkansas NAACP leader who orchestrated the integration of the Little Rock schools in 1975, paving the way for school integration in the South.)

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Ida B. Wells Society for Midland Authors Award
• Flora Steiglitz Straus Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year
• ALA Best Book in two categories--children's and Young Adult
• Riverbank Review Best YA Book of the Year

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Featured Author at the Kennedy Center Multicultural Children's Literature
  Festival
• Guest Author, Central Missouri State University's Children's Literature Festival
• Featured Author, St. Charles, Illlinois, Book Festival;
  

Recent Workshops:

• Author-in-Residence for Biography Workshop, Dawes School, Evanston, Illinois.

Present Employment:

• Researcher, Photo Researcher, Author

Preferred Audience:

• K-adult. We have programs for all, having written dozens of books

Willing to travel:

• Yes, within U.S.