Karen Price

Background

Karen Price was born on March 5, 1957 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States; the daughter of George A. Price and Shirley E. Price.

Education

Karen Price received a Bachelor of Arts from Cedarville College and a Master of Arts from Long Island University.

Career

Karen Price has written 43 books - all nonfiction. They have been published by Heinemann Library and Heinemann/Raintree, Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs, National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institute, Greenhaven Press, Lucent Books, and other publishers. Lately, she has been focusing more on fiction and is exploring ways to publish her short stories. She has done fiction readings locally at Urban Rethink in Orlando, Florida, and at Maitland Poets and Writers in Maitland, Florida.

Achievements

• Karen Price is the author of widely-known books such as The Bill of Rights, John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech, Voices from Colonial America: Delaware 1638-1776, The United States Constitution and others.

Works

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  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    (The book discusses slavery and the movement to abolish it...)

    2005
  • Francisco Coronado

    (A biography of the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer who...)

    2002
  • Ciphers and Codes

    (Presents an overview of various types of codes and cipher...)

    2003
  • The White House

    (Presents the history of the White House, from its constru...)

    2005
  • Dominican Americans

    (An overview of the history and daily lives of Dominican p...)

    2004
  • Thai Americans

    (An overview of the history and daily lives of Thai people...)

    2004
  • The Bill of Rights 2003
  • Virginia 2002
  • John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Speech 2005
  • I Have a Dream 2005
  • Pakistani Americans 2004
  • The Declaration of Independence 2003
  • Sign Language 2002
  • Voices from Colonial America: Delaware 1638-1776 2006
  • The Persian Gulf War 2003
  • Morse Code 2003
  • The United States Constitution 2004
  • John Paul Jones 2004
  • The Gettysburg Address 2005
  • The Assassination of John F. Kennedy 2002

Views

Quotations: "The first book I wrote was called Cowboy Joe. I was six years old and wrote and illustrated using crayon on notebook paper. I trimmed the edges, then sewed the binding with a needle and thread. I’d written short stories before, but never an entire book!"

Connections

Karen Price married David C. Hossell, a technology trainer, in 1991.

Father:

George A. Price

Mother:

Shirley E. Price

Spouse:

David C. Hossell