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born and died:1936-2002

Virginia Esther Hamilton was born on march 12,1936 in Yellow springs,Ohio where her family has deep generations.virginia was named after her grandfather's home state. Virginia hamilton still lived on the land that her great-great grndmother who escaped with her son from virginia,bought. Virginia was born in a family of storytelllers so she knew she wanted to be one. At nine years old, virginia wrote her first novel titled "The Novel". It was a book on some child-like, gossip. After that, she suddenly lost her story and the story gained the name "The Lost Novel".

As a child, virginia used to roam freely on the surroundings on the rural area of Glen Allen which served as virginia's role model.Virginia can see that rasicam was very popular in her area because when her father went to the bank in a proper suit and tie to the bank and wanted to apply as a teller, all he got was a mop and bucket.

Virginia got enrolled in Antioch college with a five-year scholarship. There she wrote short stories that she remembers being asked to correct/revise for their unusual plots and characterization.Her first novel, Zeely was nominated for the Newbery medal in 1968. she later, got enrolled in Ohio state university (1957-1958)and the new school for social research. At,the latter she took a writing course taught by hiriam hayden, founder of Atheneum publishers, who not sucessfully encouraged the publishers to print her first novel, mayo.

she worked in New York for fifteen years at various jobs. including bookkeeping and singing and then married arnold adoff a poet, and a anthologist, on march,19,1960. she wrote planet of junior brown and jadho books that reflected in harlem and shows her New york experinences.

when virginia hamilton returned to yellow springs with her husband, son, and daughter.