1969
Puebla 223, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Ducharme attended the University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico Distrito Federeal in 1968-1969.
1972
1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
Lilian studied at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
1974
Atlanta, GA 30302, United States
Ducharme studied at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
1977
1936 North St, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, United States
Ducharme studied at Stephen F. Austin State University, Master of Education, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.
2016
Dede Fox with her daughter Amy Elyse Ducharme.
2011 Texas Poet Laureate, David Parsons, presenting Montgomery County Poet Laureate proclamation to Dede Fox.
Lillian Ducharme
Lillian Ducharme
Lillian Ducharme
1969
Puebla 223, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Ducharme attended the University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico Distrito Federeal in 1968-1969.
1972
1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, United States
Lilian studied at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
1974
Atlanta, GA 30302, United States
Ducharme studied at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
1977
1936 North St, Nacogdoches, TX 75962, United States
Ducharme studied at Stephen F. Austin State University, Master of Education, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.
2016
Dede Fox with her daughter Amy Elyse Ducharme.
2011 Texas Poet Laureate, David Parsons, presenting Montgomery County Poet Laureate proclamation to Dede Fox.
Lillian Ducharme
Lillian Ducharme
Lillian Ducharme
("The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin" is based on the exper...)
"The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin" is based on the experiences of those immigrants. When twelve-year-old Max Miller immigrates to America with his mother and sister in 1912, he wants only to be together with his family and forget the old country where they were persecuted for being Jewish and where his two brothers died.
https://www.amazon.com/Treasure-Tiny-Blue-Chaparral-Books/dp/0875651801/?tag=2022091-20
1998
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0988392429/?tag=2022091-20
2013
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0988863251/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(Master story-teller and poet Dede Fox offers readers this...)
Master story-teller and poet Dede Fox offers readers this remarkable novel in verse. It is the story of seventeen-year-old Diana Greene and her travels from Texas to Mexico. The tale is one of adventure and romance, of culture shock, and genuine danger. Diana lands in Mexico during the revolutionary chaos prior to the 1968 Olympics. Her first love Guillermo vanishes the night of the Tlatelolco violence. Heartbroken, she searches for the truth about his disappearance, a quest that puts her in jeopardy from abusive police. Based on real events, 'On Wings of Silence' makes use of actual details from what historians now call the Tlatelolco Massacre, presented here through the eyes of young woman readers will admire and care about.
https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Silence-Dede-Fox/dp/1942956673/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Ethnicity:
Dede Fox Ducharme is a native Texan and the granddaughter of Jewish immigrants to Galveston.
Lillian Ducharme was born on October 8, 1950, in Houston, Texas, United States. She is a daughter of purchasing agent Richard and an elementary school counselor Freda (maiden name, Lewis) Fox.
When Lilian was little, her parents insisted upon reading Shakespeare to her, along with the "Pokey Little Puppy," "The Little Engine That Could," and first editions of the L. Frank Baum Oz series.
The poetry bug bit Dede when she was sixteen and heard a bearded Alan Ginsburg reading his work at Holmes Lounge, a coffee house on the Washington University campus in St. Louis. Dede later attended that college, where she interviewed Poet Laureate Howard Nemerov for the school paper. One of her favorite college memories is visiting with Pete Seeger while he tuned his guitar in the Holmes Lounge kitchen where she worked. And although Tennessee Williams dropped out of "Wash U". Dede managed to graduate with an English degree and a teacher's certificate. Ducharme attended the University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico Distrito Federeal in 1968-1969. In 1972 she got a Bachelor of Education degree in English and elementary education at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. In 1974 she got an endorsement at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and became a Master of Education at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, United States in 1977. She continues her writing education with In Print Houston, SCBWI, and Highlights Foundation workshops.
Lilian Fox Ducharme started her career at Sanderson Elementary, Houston, Texas, United States as a Head Start aide in 1967. In 1971-1972 she was an intern at University City Schools, Missouri, Unites States. From 1973 to 1974 she was a teacher in Benteen Elementary, Atlanta, Georgia. she also worked as a teacher at Crogman Elementary, Atlanta (1974-1976), West Memorial Junior High, Katy, Texas (1977-1978), Bear Creek Elementary, Katy (1977-1978), All Elementary, Katy (1979-1981), Wilkerson Intermediate, Conroe, Texas (1982-1984), Salyers Elementary, Spring, Texas (1984-1988), Jenkins Elementary, Spring (1988-1993), Collins Intermediate, Conroe, (1993-1996). Lilian was a librarian at Collins Intermediate in 1998-2000, at Creighton Intermediate, Conroe (1996-1998). She also performs community service for numerous organizations, including the National Charity League, Special Olympics, Toys for Tots, and Race for the Cure.
Dede Fox's poetry appears in Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems, di-verse-city, The Enigmatist, Far Out: Poems of the 60's, Houston Poetry Fest, Poetica, Sol, A Summer's Poems, Swirl, Texas Poetry Calendar, and Untameable City: Poems on the Nature of Houston. Highlights Magazine has published several of Dede's nonfiction articles.
A former public school teacher and librarian, Dede teaches with Houston's Writers in the Schools and is the Artist in Residence at the Bryan Federal Prison Camp for Women. She also serves on the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council and the Greater Conroe Arts Alliance.
Lilian Ducharme's books are highly appreciated by readers and critics. She accepted numerous awards, such as Golden Pen Award for Juvenile/ Young Adult Fiction, Southwest Writers Conference, 1988: honorable mention for juvenile fiction, GoldenTriangle Writers Guild Conference, 1989; writing workshop scholarship, Rice University, 1990, for “Fang in the Fridge”; Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition winner, 1993, and Honor Book, Association of Jewish Libraries, 1998, for The "Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin." Her poem "Chapultepec Park" won the 2008 Christina Sergeyevna Award at the Austin International Poetry Festival and she has twice been a juried poet at Houston Poetry Fest. Poetica Press published "Confessions of a Jewish Texan," her debut collection in May 2013, and Ink Brush Press introduced "Postcards Home" in September 2014.
("The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin" is based on the exper...)
1998(Master story-teller and poet Dede Fox offers readers this...)
2019Lilian Fox Ducharme once commented: "I love to write for the same reason that I love to read - it’s a great escape. When I’m on overload from my teaching and librarian jobs or from my family roles as wife, mother, sister, daughter, I can write, transporting myself to another time and another place, an immediate mental vacation.
“Another thing that I love about writing is that sometimes I can be very bossy. I’m in total control. I can tell the characters what to wear, how to act, what to say, where to go... and they have to listen! But then, those very same characters have the nasty habit of coming to life and talking back to me like my daughters, saying things like, ‘That’s crazy. I’d never say that or do this.’"
Lilian Ducharme is a member of the International Reading Association, National Charity League, National Education Association, Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Texas Jewish Historical Society, Texas Library Association, Houston Area Reading Association.
International Reading Association , United States
National Charity League , United States
National Education Association , United States
Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators , United States
Texas Jewish Historical Society , United States
Texas Library Association , United States
Houston Area Reading Association , United States
Dede Fox's favorite movies are "Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins", "The Book Thief", "Paper Cutouts to Steel."
Her favorite TV-shows are "Grace and Frankie," "Gilmore Girls," "Smash."
Her favorite quote is: "You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” Madeleine L'Engle
Lilian Ducharme married a systems analyst Charles Edward Ducharme on May 7, 1972. They have two children: Sara Elizabeth and Amy Elyse.
