Virginia Hamilton

Virginia Esther Hamilton était une auteure à succès et primée de littérature young adult et enfantine. Elle est née à Yellow Springs, Ohio, en 1934 et a grandi dans une famille étendue avec un riche héritage culturel. Son grand-père a été amené à Ohio via le Chemin de fer clandestin, ce qui a joué un rôle significatif dans la formation de son identité et de son écriture.

Hamilton a reçu une bourse d'études complète pour l'Antioch College à Yellow Springs et a ensuite été transférée à l'Université de l'État de l'Ohio à Columbus, où elle a étudié la littérature et l'écriture créative. Après s'être installée à New York City en 1958, elle a poursuivi son rêve de devenir auteure publiée, étudiant l'écriture de fictions à la New School for Social Research sous Hiram Haydn. C'est à New York qu'elle a rencontré son mari, le poète Arnold Adoff, avec qui elle a eu deux enfants.

La carrière d'écriture de Hamilton s'est étendue sur plus de quatre décennies, au cours desquelles elle a produit 41 livres dans plusieurs genres, notamment des livres-images, des contes populaires, des mystères, de la science-fiction, des romans réalistes et des biographies. Elle a été la première écrivaine noire à recevoir la Médaille Newbery et la première auteure de littérature enfantine à être nommée MacArthur Fellow. Elle a également remporté le National Book Award et la Médaille Hans Christian Andersen. L'œuvre de Hamilton, qu'elle décrivait comme de la « Littérature de libération », explorait souvent des thèmes tels que la mémoire, la tradition et le legs intergénérationnel, avec un accent particulier sur l'expérience afro-américaine.
Cousins Books
# Titre Année
1 Cousins 1990
2 Second Cousins 1998
Dies Drear Chronicles Books
# Titre Année
1 The House of Dies Drear 1968
2 The Mystery of Drear House 1987
Justice and Her Brothers Books
# Titre Année
1 Justice and Her Brothers 1978
2 Dustland 1980
3 The Gathering 1981
Romans indépendants
# Titre Année
1 Zeely 1967
2 The Planet of Junior Brown 1971
3 The Planet of Junior Brown (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1971
4 M.C. Higgins, the Great 1974
5 Arilla Sun Down 1979
6 Jahdu 1980
7 Jahdu (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1980
8 Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush 1982
9 The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl 1983
10 Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed 1983
11 A Little Love 1984
12 Junius Over Far 1985
13 A White Romance 1987
14 The Bells of Christmas 1989
15 Drylongso (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1992
16 Drylongso 1992
17 Plain City 1993
18 Jaguarundi 1997
19 Bluish 1999
20 The Girl Who Spun Gold 2000
21 Time Pieces 2002
Livres d'images
# Titre Année
1 Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl 2003
2 Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny 2004
3 The People Could Fly 2004
Collections
# Titre Année
1 The Time-Ago Tales of Jahdu 1969
2 Time-Ago Lost: More Tales of Jahdu 1973
3 In the Beginning 1988
4 The Dark Way 1990
5 The All Jahdu Storybook 1991
6 Her Stories 1995
7 When Birds Could Talk And Bats Could Sing 1996
8 Ring Of Tricksters 1997
9 African American Folktales 2000
10 Liberation Literature 2024
Livres de non-fiction
# Titre Année
1 Paul Robeson 1974
2 W. E. B. Du Bois: A Biography 1984
3 Anthony Burns 1988
4 Many Thousand Gone 1993
5 Speeches, Essays, And Conversations 2010
Harper Trophy Books
# Titre Année
1 The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl 1983
2 Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong) 1953
3 Hurry Home, Candy 1953
4 Shadrach (By: Meindert DeJong) 1953
5 Shadrach 1953
6 Little Witch 1953
7 Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett) 1953
8 Along Came a Dog 1958
9 Along Came a Dog (By: Meindert DeJong) 1958
10 The Summer of the Falcon (By: Jean Craighead George) 1962
11 Grizzly 1964
12 Grizzly (By: Gilbert Riswold) 1964
13 Noonday Friends 1965
14 The Seventeenth-Street Gang 1966
15 Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz) 1965
16 The Seventeenth-Street Gang (By: Emily Cheney Neville) 1966
17 The Haunted Mountain 1972
18 The Park Book 1972
19 Sour Land (By: William H. Armstrong) 1971
20 The Park Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow) 1972
21 The Sign Of The Chrysanthemum 1973
22 A Billion for Boris 1974
23 The Haunted Mountain (By: Mollie Hunter) 1972
24 A Stranger Came Ashore 1975
25 The Sign of the Chrysanthemum (By: Katherine Paterson) 1973
26 The Wicked One 1977
27 A Billion for Boris (By: Mary Rodgers) 1974
28 Runaway to Freedom 1978
29 A Stranger Came Ashore (By: Mollie Hunter) 1975
30 The Wicked One (By: Mollie Hunter) 1977
31 Poem stew 1981
32 Summer Switch 1982
33 Runaway To Freedom ( By: Barbara Smucker) 1979
34 Poem stew (By: William Cole) 1981
35 The Land I Lost (By: Quang Nhuong Huynh) 1982
36 Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate 1986
37 Summer Switch (By: Mary Rodgers) 1982
38 Hey World, Here I Am! 1986
39 The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish 1987
40 Hey World, Here I Am! (By: Jean Little) 1986
41 Stonewords 1990
42 Crush 1998
43 Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate (By: Beverly Keller) 1986
44 The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish (By: Betsy Byars) 1987
45 Good Night, Maman 1999
46 Stonewords (By: Pam Conrad) 1990
47 Pilot Down, Presumed Dead 2009
48 What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed? (By: Harriet Lerner, Susan Goldhor) 1996
49 The Land I Lost 2016
50 Crush (By: Ellen Conford) 1998
51 Will Spring Be Early? Or Will Spring Be Late? 2018
52 Good Night, Maman (By: Norma Fox Mazer) 1999
53 Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (By: Marjorie Phleger) 2009
54 Will Spring Be Early? Or Will Spring Be Late? (By: Crockett Johnson) 2018
Jerry Pinkney as Illustrator
# Titre Année
1 Tales from Africa 0
2 Tales from Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green) 0
3 The Ugly Duckling (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1843
4 The Ugly Duckling 1843
5 The Little Match Girl 1845
6 The Little Match Girl (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1845
7 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1894
8 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 1894
9 Early Autumn ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1927
10 The Education of Henry Adams 1918
11 The Flowering of New England (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1936
12 Lolita (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1955
13 The Flowering of New England 1936
14 Lolita 1955
15 Rabbit, Run (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1960
16 The Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst) 1964
17 Rabbit, Run 1960
18 The Year Around Book (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1965
19 The Adventures of Spider 1964
20 This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adeline McCall) 1965
21 The Traveling Frog (By: Jerry Pinkney, V. M. Garshin) 1966
22 This is Music for Kindergarten and Nursery School 1965
23 A Book of Shapes & Sizes (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1966
24 The Traveling Frog 1966
25 A Book of Shapes & Sizes 1966
26 The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India (By: Jerry Pinkney, John W. Spellman) 1967
27 The Beautiful Blue Jay, and other Tales of India 1967
28 Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1967
29 The Clock Museum (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ken. Sobol) 1967
30 Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep 1967
31 The Clock Museum 1967
32 Folktales and Fairytales of Africa (By: Jerry Pinkney, Lila Green) 1967
33 Folktales and Fairytales of Africa 1967
34 Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ralph Alan Dale) 1968
35 Shoes, Pennies, and Rockets 1968
36 Kostas the Rooster (By: Jerry Pinkney, Traudl) 1968
37 Kostas the Rooster 1968
38 The Twin Witches of Fingle Fu (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1969
39 Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thelma. Shaw) 1969
40 Babushka and the Pig (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Trofimuk) 1969
41 Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish. 1969
42 The Porcupine and the Tiger (By: Jerry Pinkney, Fern Powell) 1970
43 Babushka and the Pig 1969
44 Cora Annett's Homerhenry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cora Annett) 1970
45 The Porcupine and the Tiger 1970
46 Cora Annett's Homerhenry 1970
47 The King's Ditch (By: Jerry Pinkney, Francine Jacobs) 1971
48 The King's Ditch 1971
49 The Planet of Junior Brown (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1971
50 Femi and Old Grandaddie (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson) 1972
51 The Planet of Junior Brown 1971
52 JD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mari Evans) 1973
53 Femi and Old Grandaddie 1972
54 JD 1973
55 Kasho and the Twin Flutes. (By: Jerry Pinkney, Adjai Robinson) 1973
56 Prince Littlefoot (By: Jerry Pinkney, Berniece Freschet) 1973
57 Kasho and the Twin Flutes. 1973
58 Prince Littlefoot 1973
59 Mickey and Minny ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1973
60 The Great Minu ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1974
61 Roots of Time (By: Jerry Pinkney, Elliott P. Skinner) 1974
62 Song of the Trees (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mildred D. Taylor) 1975
63 Roots of Time 1974
64 Song of the Trees 1975
65 Wuthering Heights ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1975
66 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Mildred D. Taylor) 1975
67 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 1975
68 Yagua Days (By: Jerry Pinkney, Cruz Martel) 1976
69 Gulliver's Travels (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1977
70 Yagua Days 1976
71 Selected plays (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1977
72 The Winthrop Covenant 1976
73 Gulliver's Travels 1977
74 Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema) 1978
75 Selected plays 1977
76 History of Tom Jones a Founding ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1978
77 Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir (By: Jerry Pinkney, Eloise Greenfield, Lessie Jones Little) 1979
78 Ji-Nongo-Nongo Means Riddles 1978
79 Tonweya and the Eagles (By: Jerry Pinkney, Rosebud Yellow Robe) 1979
80 These Thirteen ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1979
81 Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir 1979
82 Tonweya and the Eagles 1979
83 More Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst) 1980
84 Count on Your Fingers African Style (By: Jerry Pinkney) 1980
85 The Covenant ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1980
86 More Adventures of Spider 1980
87 Jahdu (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1980
88 Count on Your Fingers African Style 1980
89 Rabbit Redux ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1981
90 Monster Myths of Ancient Greece (By: Jerry Pinkney, William A. Wise) 1981
91 Jahdu 1980
92 Apples On A Stick (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Michels, Bettye White) 1983
93 The Patchwork Quilt (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy) 1985
94 Monster Myths of Ancient Greece 1981
95 Apples On A Stick 1983
96 Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy White Carlstrom) 1987
97 The Patchwork Quilt 1985
98 Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea (By: National Geographic Society, Jerry Pinkney, Jane Heath Buxton) 1987
99 Mirandy and Brother Wind (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack) 1988
100 Half a Moon and One Whole Star 1986
101 The Green Lion of Zion Street (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julia Fields) 1988
102 Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna 1987
103 More Tales of Uncle Remus (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 1988
104 Pop-Up: Strange Animals of the Sea 1987
105 Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Verna Aardema) 1989
106 Mirandy and Brother Wind 1988
107 The Talking Eggs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci) 1989
108 The Green Lion of Zion Street 1988
109 Turtle in July (By: Jerry Pinkney, Marilyn Singer) 1989
110 More Tales of Uncle Remus 1988
111 Pretend You're a Cat (By: Jerry Pinkney, Jean Marzollo) 1990
112 Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion 1989
113 The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket (By: Jerry Pinkney, Sonia Levitin) 1991
114 The Talking Eggs 1989
115 Their Eyes Were Watching God ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1991
116 Turtle in July 1989
117 Home Place 1990
118 David's Songs (By: Jerry Pinkney, Colin Eisler) 1992
119 Back Home (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney) 1992
120 Pretend You're a Cat 1990
121 Drylongso (With: Jerry Pinkney) 1992
122 In for Winter, Out for Spring 1991
123 The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket 1991
124 A Starlit Somersault Downhill (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard) 1993
125 I Want to Be (By: Jerry Pinkney, Thylias Moss) 1993
126 David's Songs 1992
127 New Shoes for Silvia (By: Jerry Pinkney, Johanna Hurwitz) 1993
128 Back Home 1992
129 The Sunday Outing (By: Jerry Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney) 1994
130 John Henry (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 1994
131 Drylongso 1992
132 A Starlit Somersault Downhill 1993
133 The Jungle Book ( By: Jerry Pinkney) 1995
134 Tanya's Reunion (By: Jerry Pinkney, Valerie Flournoy) 1995
135 I Want to Be 1993
136 New Shoes for Silvia 1993
137 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman (By: Jerry Pinkney, Alan Schroeder) 1996
138 The Sunday Outing 1994
139 Sam and the Tigers (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 1996
140 The Hired Hand (By: Jerry Pinkney, Robert D. San Souci) 1997
141 John Henry 1994
142 Black Cowboy, Wild Horses (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 1998
143 Tanya's Reunion 1995
144 Journeys with Elijah (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barbara Diamond Goldin) 1999
145 Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman 1996
146 Aesop's Fables (By: Jerry Pinkney) 2000
147 Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 2000
148 Sam and the Tigers 1996
149 Goin' Someplace Special (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack) 2001
150 The Hired Hand 1997
151 Black Cowboy, Wild Horses 1998
152 Noah's Ark (By: Jerry Pinkney) 2002
153 Journeys with Elijah 1999
154 The Nightingale (By: Jerry Pinkney) 2002
155 The Old African (By: Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester) 2005
156 Aesop's Fables 2000
157 Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD (By: Jerry Pinkney, Brian Pinkney, Myles C. Pinkney, Gloria Jean Pinkney) 2005
158 Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream 2000
159 Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me (By: Jerry Pinkney, Ann Grifalconi) 2007
160 Goin' Someplace Special 2001
161 The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (By: Jerry Pinkney, Patricia McKissack) 2007
162 Noah's Ark 2002
163 Sweethearts of Rhythm (By: Marilyn Nelson) 2009
164 The Nightingale 2002
165 God Bless the Child 2003
166 A Starlit Snowfall (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard) 2011
167 The Old African 2005
168 The First Adventures of Spider (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst) 2012
169 The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales (By: Jerry Pinkney, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst) 2012
170 Music from Our Lord's Holy Heaven Book and CD 2005
171 Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me 2007
172 In Plain Sight (By: Jerry Pinkney, Richard Jackson) 2016
173 The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll 2007
174 The Christmas Boot (By: Jerry Pinkney) 2016
175 The Moon Over Star 2008
176 A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (By: Jerry Pinkney, Barry Wittenstein) 2018
177 A Home in the Barn (By: Margaret Wise Brown, Jerry Pinkney) 2018
178 Sweethearts of Rhythm 2009
179 A Starlit Snowfall 2011
180 The Little Mermaid (By: Jerry Pinkney) 2020
181 The First Adventures of Spider 2012
182 A Walk in the Woods (By: Jerry Pinkney, Nikki Grimes) 2023
183 The Further Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales 2012
184 In Plain Sight 2016
185 The Christmas Boot 2016
186 A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation 2018
187 A Home in the Barn 2018
188 Billie Holiday: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations 2019
189 The Little Mermaid 2020
190 A Walk in the Woods 2023
Virginia Hamilton Anthologies
# Titre Année
1 Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come 1980
2 Out of the Mold 1997