Sue Ann Alderson
American children's novelist
Sue Ann Alderson (born September 11, 1940 in New York City), is an American children's novelist. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Ohio State University in 1962 and a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967. Alderson moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1967, where she taught at Simon Fraser University. She also was a professor in the Creative Writing Department at the University of British Columbia.
Alderson writes for various ages and in different genres. Some common themes in her writing, however, are "the empowerment of children, the joys of animals and nature, the pleasure of cooperative projects and the value of individuality and imagination."
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A children's novelist, she has written 17 novels. Her most popular books is Ida and the Wool smugglers; according to WorldCat, the book is held in 543 libraries.
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