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Paterson, Katherine

LC control no.n 79074318
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3566.A779
PZ7.P273
Personal name headingPaterson, Katherine
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Variant(s)Womeldorf, Katherine
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMontpelier (Vt.) Barre (Vt.) Takoma Park (Md.) Norfolk (Va.)
Birth date1932-10-31
Place of birthQuingjiang (China)
Field of activityAuthorship Children's literature Literacy
AffiliationPresbyterian School of Christian Education (Richmond, Va.)
King College
Profession or occupationAuthors
Found inHer The sign of the chrysanthemum, 1973.
Wikipedia, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2012 (an American author of children's novels; b. in Quingjiang, China; B.A., English, King College in Tennessee, 1954; M.A., Bible and Christian education, Presbyterian School of Christian Education)
Katherine Paterson @ Terabithia.com, via WWW, Mar. 6, 2012 (won the Newbery Medal in 1978 for Bridge to Terabithia, and again in 1981 for Jacob Have I Loved)
Information converted from 678, Nov. 30, 2015 (born Katherine Womeldorf [no publs. in LC database], Oct. 31, 1932 in China; lived in Takoma Park, Md. and Norfolk, Va.; now in BarreĢ, Vt.; husband John Paterson is a Presbyterian minister)
My brigadista year, 2017: back flap (Katherine Paterson is the daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries, who grew up in china. When she returned to the United States, she and her family kept moving frequently. She is well known for her work on behalf of children and children's literacy in the United States and around the world. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont)
Associated languageeng