Little Sister Is Not My Name! by Sharon M. Draper

It was also named as Best of the Best by VOYA.įorged by Fire, the sequel to Tears of a Tiger, was the 1997 Coretta Scott King Award winner, as well was honored as a 1998 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. It has been recognized as one of the best of the year by the Children's Book Council, the New York City Library, Bank Street College, and the National Council for Social Studies. Tears of a Tiger earned the Coretta Scott King Award in 1995.

Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2015. She donated her $2,500 prize money to Starfire Council of Greater Cincinnati. In 2011, she received the 33rd annual Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award by the Educational and Media Association. and represented the United States at the National Book Festival in Moscow.ĭraper received the Beacon of Light Humanitarian award in 2008. She was chosen as one of four authors to speak at the Library of Congress's 2006 National Book Festival in Washington D.C. In 1998 Draper was the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence for the Taft Museum. She was also a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, received the Dean's Award from Howard University School of Education, was recognized with the Pepperdine University Distinguished Alumnus Award, received the Marva Collins Education Excellence Award, and earned the Governor's Educational Leadership Award. She was 1997's National Teacher of the Year, and the Ohio State Department of Education named her Ohio Pioneer in Education.ĭraper was awarded the Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award in 1997. Sharon Draper has five Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author Award Winner: 1998 Forged by Fire, 2007 Copper Sun Author Honor: 2004 The Battle of Jericho, 2008 November Blues John Steptoe Award for New Talent: 1995 Tears of a Tiger. Draper lives in Cincinnati with her husband. In 2000, she retired from teaching in order to spend more time on her writing. She credits this letter with helping her realize that she could be a writer. Among those who wrote to congratulate her was Roots author Alex Haley.

Upon winning, Draper was awarded five thousand dollars and her story was published. Her own writing career began in 1990 when, as a teacher, she was challenged by a ninth-grade student to 'write something.' She entered a short story entitled 'One Small Torch' to a writing contest through Ebony magazine. During this time she became locally famous for her 'Draper Paper,' a challenging research paper assigned to graduating seniors. Post-graduation, she began teaching in Cincinnati public schools. Award-Winning Books by Sharon M.Draper earned her Bachelor's Degree, majoring in English, from Pepperdine University and her Master's of Arts degree in English from Miami University of Ohio in 1974.

Little Sister Is Not My Name! by Sharon M. Draper