Vera B. Williams
Graduate of Black Mountain College, North Carolina, where she majored in graphic art. In her own words, she has "done graphic art, school teaching, children-raising [she has two daughters and a son], has run a bakery and been a cook in schools and restaurants." (from back flap of book)
Vera B. Williams is the winner of the 2009 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
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