1202 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States
Nancy earned her Associate degree from Phoenix College in 1961.
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, United States
Nancy earned her Bachelor of Arts at Reed College in 1963.
University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
Farmer studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.
1202 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013, United States
Nancy earned her Associate degree from Phoenix College in 1961.
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202, United States
Nancy earned her Bachelor of Arts at Reed College in 1963.
University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
Farmer studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.
(The year is 2174. The place is Zimbabwe, Africa. Three ad...)
The year is 2174. The place is Zimbabwe, Africa. Three adventurous children escape their parents' heavily guarded mansion to explore the dangerous world outside. They soon learn how dangerous it really is.
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1994
(When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo...)
When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to "the warm place" that is home.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0613004817/?tag=2022091-20
1995
(Eleven-year-old Nhamo lives in a traditional village in M...)
Eleven-year-old Nhamo lives in a traditional village in Mozambique, where she doesn't quite fit in. When her family tries to force her into marrying a cruel man, she runs away to Zimbabwe, hoping to find the father she's never met. But what should have been a short boat trip across the border turns into a dangerous year-long adventure, and Nhamo must summon her innermost courage to ensure her survival.
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1996
(Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is differ...)
Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is different from other children, from other people. To most people Matt isn't a boy, but a beast, dirty and disgusting. But to El Patron, lord of a country called Opium, Matt is the guarantee of eternal life.
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2002
(The year is A.D. 793. Jack and his little sister, Lucy, a...)
The year is A.D. 793. Jack and his little sister, Lucy, are enslaved by Olaf One-Brow and his fierce young shipmate, Thorgil. With a crow named Bold Heart for mysterious company, they are swept up into an adventure-quest in the spirit of The Lord of the Rings.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689867468/?tag=2022091-20
2004
(Nancy Farmer joins bestselling artist Gail de Marcken in ...)
Nancy Farmer joins bestselling artist Gail de Marcken in this enchanting, original tale told in the tradition of the Arabian Nights. Ali is finally old enough to join his father in tending pigeons for the evil Sultan of Cairo. The boy is given a pet pigeon, but warned NEVER to feed it too much, lest it become spoiled and lazy. But Ali feels sorry for his hungry pet and disobeys. When the overfed bird becomes greedy and ruins a plate of the Sultan's cherries, Ali is in big trouble!
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2006
(Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirte...)
Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the Lady of the Lake; stolen a second time in her young life, as he learns to his terror. Caught between belief in the old gods and Christianity (790 AD, Britain), Jack calls upon his ash wood staff to subdue a passel of unruly monks, and, for his daring, ends up in a knucker hole.
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2007
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2009
(The Land of Opium is the largest territory of the Dope Co...)
The Land of Opium is the largest territory of the Dope Confederacy, which ranges on the map like an intestine from the ruins of San Diego to the ruins of Matamoros. But while Opium thrives, the rest of the world has been devastated by ecological disaster—and hidden in Opium is the cure.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442482559/?tag=2022091-20
2013
Nancy Farmer was born on July 9, 1941 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, into the family of Elmon Frank and Sarah (Marimon) Coe. Farmer grew up during in a small town on the Arizona-Mexico border, where she lived in the hotel her father managed.
Nancy earned her Associate degree from Phoenix College in 1961 and a Bachelor of Arts at Reed College in 1963. Later she studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1963 Nancy joined the Peace Corps and was set to India. When she returned in 1965 she moved into a commune in Berkeley, sold newspapers on the street for a while, and then got a job in the Entomology department at the University of California, Berkeley.
In 1971, Farmer and her friend decided to work their way around the world. She and a friend tried to hitchhike by boat but the ship they'd selected turned out to be stolen and was boarded by the Coast Guard just outside the Golden Gate Bridge. Nancy eventually got to Africa on a legal ship.
From 1972 to 1988, Farmer worked at a variety of jobs in Mozambique and Zimbabwe (formerly called Rhodesia). She spent more than a year on Lake Cabora Bassa in Mozambique, monitoring water weeds. Next she was hired to help control tsetse fly in the dense bush on the banks of the Zambezi in Zimbabwe. While in Zimbabwe, Farmer met her future husband, Harold Farmer.
It was while she was living in Zimbabwe that she decided to become a writer. The Shona, the African tribe among whom the Farmers were living, explained Farmer’s sudden urge to write as being the result of a visit from a shave (pronounced shah-vay), or wandering spirit. Even with the shave's guidance, it was four years before Farmer finished her first book. She spent the intervening time honing her literary skills, reading, and studying the writings of such authors as Roald Dahl, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Stephen King. After publishing several novels and a picture book with a Zimbabwean press, Farmer found her writing stalled. However, for the sake of their son, the Farmers decided to move to the United States.
The Farmers currently live in the Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona. By now Nancy has authored several novels, a number of short stories and picture books for young children.
Nancy's honors include the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for "The House of the Scorpion" and Newbery Honors for "The Ear, the Eye and The Arm", "A Girl Named Disaster", and "The House of the Scorpion." The latter also a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book for Young People’s Literature. Her novelette The Mirror won the 1987 Gold Award in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Her first book, Do You Know Me?, a children’s adventure set in Zimbabwe, received an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Farmer’s books have been translated into 26 languages.
(When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo...)
1995(The Land of Opium is the largest territory of the Dope Co...)
2013(Nancy Farmer joins bestselling artist Gail de Marcken in ...)
2006(Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is differ...)
2002(Eleven-year-old Nhamo lives in a traditional village in M...)
1996(Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirte...)
2007(The year is 2174. The place is Zimbabwe, Africa. Three ad...)
1994(The year is A.D. 793. Jack and his little sister, Lucy, a...)
2004
Nancy married a literature teacher and poet Harold Farmer in 1976. They have a son, Daniel.
