Background
Carolyn Coman was born on October 28, 1951, in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago.
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Carolyn Coman
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1970
893 West St, Amherst, MA 01002, USA
Carolyn received her bachelor's degree in writing from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Carolyn Coman was a member of the first graduating class of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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1970
893 West St, Amherst, MA 01002, USA
Carolyn received her bachelor's degree in writing from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Carolyn Coman was a member of the first graduating class of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Losing Things at Mr. Mudd's
https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Things-at-Mr-Mudds/dp/0374346577/?tag=2022091-20
1992
Tell Me Everything
(Up until five months ago, Roz, 12, and her mother, Ellie,...)
Up until five months ago, Roz, 12, and her mother, Ellie, lived a secluded, spiritual life together in the mountains. When Ellie suddenly dies trying to rescue a lost hiker, Roz moves in with her uncle Mike, a solitary Vietnam veteran. She floats through school-it means nothing to her. Lacking her mother's religious convictions, the girl struggles to understand death and her feelings of desertion. She is driven to find the boy Ellie lost her life for, and when she does, she demands that he tell her everything he knows about the incident-which turns out to be almost nothing.
https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Me-Everything-Carolyn-Coman/dp/1608980952/?tag=2022091-20
1993
What Jamie Saw
(Reveals the impact of witnessing violence even as it affi...)
Reveals the impact of witnessing violence even as it affirms the luminous power of love. Jamie’s mother is there to catch the baby - this time. She does what she must to keep her family out of harm’s way, but still the shock waves of Van’s act reverberate through their lives. What Jamie Saw is a moving, visceral dramatization of violence in the home, told not from the point of view of a victim, but as witnessed by a nine-year-old boy. The impact of observed violence perpetrated against loved ones is profound and destructive, and altogether too common. Drawing on his mother’s desperate strength, his own determination, and help from an unexpected friend, Jamie confronts his fear and anxiety - learning, adapting, and triumphing.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Jamie-Saw-Carolyn-Coman/dp/160898138X/?tag=2022091-20
1995
Bee and Jacky
(A brother and sister bear the scars of a childhood in whi...)
A brother and sister bear the scars of a childhood in which they sought comfort and safety in each other, but played games of power and loss instead.
https://www.amazon.com/Bee-Jacky-Carolyn-Coman/dp/1608981401/?tag=2022091-20
1998
Many Stones
(A father and daughter confront each other and their own w...)
A father and daughter confront each other and their own wounds in a land of loss and reconciliation.
https://www.amazon.com/Many-Stones-Carolyn-Coman/dp/1608981363/?tag=2022091-20
2000
Carolyn Coman
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Carolyn received her bachelor's degree in writing from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Carolyn Coman was a member of the first graduating class of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Career
Carolyn Coman studied bookbinding with Amo Wemer, practiced bookbinding in partnership with Nancy Southworth from 1975 till 1984. She worked as a bookbinder. Later Carolyn worked as an editor for Heinemann Educational. She was also a writing instructor for Harvard Extension and Harvard Summer School from 1985 till 1986. From 1986 till 1988 Carolyn Coman worked as a faculty member at Vermont College MFA Writing for Children program.
Carolyn Coman became a full-time writer in 1988. She edited Body and Soul, a photo-portrait documentary by Judy Dater, and wrote the text of a children's picture book, prior to completing four young-adult novels from 1993 to 2000. Her novels for middle-grade readers (2004 and 2007) combine humour, investigation and a sense of nostalgia. Carolyn Coman has taught at Pacific University and the New Hampshire State Prison for Women. She currently teaches the Whole Novel Workshop. Carolyn also visits classrooms to discuss her books with students.
In the young-adult novels, "She explores the darker sides of growing up: dealing with parent's abandonment through death in Tell Me Everything, abuse by a stepparent in What Jamie Saw, sibling incest in Bee and Jacky and a political-inspired tragedy in Many Stones." Many Stones was inspired by the murder of Amy Biehl.
Achievements
Works
book
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Bee and Jacky
(A brother and sister bear the scars of a childhood in whi...)
1998 -
Tell Me Everything
(Up until five months ago, Roz, 12, and her mother, Ellie,...)
1993 -
Many Stones
(A father and daughter confront each other and their own w...)
2000 -
What Jamie Saw
(Reveals the impact of witnessing violence even as it affi...)
1995 - Body & Soul: Ten American Women. 1988
- Losing Things at Mr. Mudd's 1992
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Bee and Jacky
Views
Quotations: "Never underestimate the importance of the beginning. Of anything. The beginning has the seeds of everything else to come."
Personality
Carolyn Coman is curious and smart. She is honest.
Physical Characteristics: Carolyn Coman has short blond straight hair. She wears glasses. Carolyn Coman is of medium height.
Interests
Connections
Coman married Stephen Roxburgh. He is an editor and publisher. They has two children: Anna, David. Coman lives in South Hampton, New Hampshire.
