Angelica Stacy Carpenter

Angelica Stacy Carpenter

• Birth:    1945
• Death:    
• Nationality:   American
• Education:   Education and Library Science, University of Illinois (MA)
  
• Author URL: https://www.angelicacarpenter.com/
• Books Written
• Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist  - We read this book and talked with Angelica about it
  
• Frances Hodgson Burnett: Beyond the Secret Garden
• Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass
• The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett (Heroes Remembered, 2)
• The Voice of Liberty
• In the Garden: Essays in Honor of Frances Hodgson Burnett
• Robert Louis Stevenson: Finding Treasure Island (Lerner Biographies Series)
• Frances Hodgson Burnett Beyond the Secret Garden
• Arm in Arm: The Grimké Sisters' Fight for Abolition and Women's Rights - we met the sisters in Sue Mon Kid's book, Invention of Wings.
  
• L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz
• Biography

Carpenter says that her mother, Jean Shirley, was her inspiration for writing. She was the library director for Florida's Palm Springs Library for 16 years. While in Florida, she and her mother organized events for the  Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.  This helps to explain why many of her books are directed towards minors and re readable by people of all ages. She says that In my books I hope to explain the importance of famous children's authors, and to relate their lives to the time period in a manner that is interesting and relevant to today's young people. Since I still have a (wonderful) day job, I write in the evening and at least two hours each weekend day. Actually when I am deeply involved in a project I write much more than this; the problem is stopping, and sleeping, not writing.

In 2011, she retired from  Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at California State University, Fresno after being the founding curator. She currently is the Curator emerita for the Arne Nixon Center. She is a past president of the International Wizard of Oz Club.She likes to read, travel, shop, cook, watch movies, and listen to rock and roll .

References:

• JRank - Angelica Shirley Carpenter (1945-)
• South Dakota Historical Society - they published the book Born Criminal: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Radical Suffragist
  
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