Background

Sharon Creech was born on July 29, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland, where she grew up with her parents, Ann and Arvel, one sister Sandy, and three brothers, Dennis, Doug and Tom. She often used to visit her cousins in Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky, which has found its way into many of her books as fictional Bybanks, Kentucky.

Education

Sharon received Bachelor of Arts at Hiram College and Master of Arts at George Mason University.

Career

Sharon became a teacher of secondary school English and Writing in England and Switzerland. Her first children's novel "Absolutely Normal Chaos" was published only in the U.K., by Macmillan Children's Books in 1990. Later that year, "Absolutely Normal Chaos" was first published in the U.S. by HarperCollins-set in her hometown Euclid, Ohio.

Sharon has written both novels and picture books. Books such as "Love That Dog" and "Heartbeat" were written in verse, whereas other books like "Ruby Holler" and "Walk Two Moons" are in a narrative style.

Achievements

• She was the first American winner of the Carnegie Medal for British children's books and the first person to win both the American Newbery Medal and the British Carnegie.

Works

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  • Love That Dog 2001
  • Walk Two Moons 2011
  • Moo: A Novel 2017
  • Hate That Cat: A Novel 2010
  • The Wanderer 2011
  • Chasing Redbird 2012
  • Ruby Holler 2012
  • Absolutely Normal Chaos (Walk Two Moons) 2012
  • Heartbeat 2005
  • The Boy on the Porch 2014
  • The Great Unexpected 2013

Connections

Sharon is married to Lyle Rigg, a headmaster in New Jersey, and has two grown children, Rob and Karin.

Father:

Arvel Creech

Mother:

Ann Creech

Spouse:

Lyle Rigg

Sister:

Sandy Creech

Brother:

Dennis Creech

Brother:

Doug Creech

Brother:

Tom Creech

Son:

Rob Rigg

Daughter:

Karin Rigg