Pamela Greenwood

Background

Pamela Greenwood was born on May 4, 1944, in Montana, United States. She is a daughter of Many Evans and Cleo Katherine (Hogan) Dickinson.

Education

Pamela Greenwood studied at Seattle University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She also attended the University of Oregon.

Career

Pamela D. Greenwood has taught developmentally disabled preschoolers and worked in a group home for emotionally disabled children. She also taught writing and gave school presentations and workshops. Her first book, What about My Goldfish?, was published in 1993. The next book was published in 1994. Besides, her stories have appeared in Pockets, Highlights for Children, Junior Trails, Guide Magazine, On the Line, Ladybug, and The Friend. Later Greenwood started to work together with Elizabeth G. Macalaster under a pseudonym Ryan Ann Hunter. They wrote such books as Dig A Tunnel, Cross A Bridge, In Disguise!: Undercover with Real Women Spies.

Achievements

• Pamela D. Greenwood is known as a writer, who is famous for her children's books. Her most famous book is What about My Goldfish?. In 1992 she received First Prize of Pockets Magazine Fiction Writing Contest, for short story, “Starting Over”. She also received the PTA Golden Acorn Award for volunteer service.

Works

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  • I Found Mouse

    (Bored and lonesome with her mother, brother, and best fri...)

    1994
  • Robots Slither

    (Explores the many types of robots in the world today and ...)

    2004
  • In Disguise!: Undercover with Real Women Spies

    (Spanning more than 300 years and numerous countries, In D...)

    2013
  • Into the Sky

    (In simple words and vibrant pictures, a concept book tell...)

    1998
  • What about My Goldfish?

    (Jamie worries about moving to another city, but with the ...)

    1993
  • Dig a Tunnel

    (Simply describes a variety of tunnels, how they are built...)

    1999
  • Cross a Bridge

    (Describes different kinds of bridges: how they are built ...)

    1998

Views

Quotations: "I like how it feels to put words together. Now and again a piece of writing seems to flow out almost in finished form, but usually, I go through many revisions. I want it to sound just right. I read my stories out loud, and my coauthor and I read our work out loud, too. In fact, we created our pen name, Ryan Ann Hunter, partly to honor the ‘voice’ that we both hear when we talk our way through a project."

"I am a curious person. To this day my dad says I ask too many questions! But I want to know more about other people, about the world around me, and about myself. Writing is one way of finding things out. In my stories, I put my characters in difficult situations and ask them what they’ll do next."

Membership

Pamela Greenwood is a member of Society of Children’ Book Writers and Illustrators.

Interests

• Gardening, quilting, hiking

Connections

Pamela Greenwood married Walter Bart Greenwood on January 23, 1971. The marriage produced three children.

Father:

Many Evans Dickinson

Mother:

Cleo Katherine Hogan

husband:

Walter Bart Greenwood

Daughter:

Anna Greenwood

Daughter:

Elisabeth Greenwood

Daughter:

Wynne Greenwood