| Name: | Cynthia Rylant |
| Occupation: | Children's Author |
| Birth Day: | June 6, 1954 |
| Age: | 70 |
| Birth Place: | Hopewell - West Virginia |
| Zodiac Sign: | Gemini |
| DOB in Roman: | VI.VI.MCMLIV |
Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Rylant was born on 6 June 1954(70 years old) in West Virginia. Cynthia Rylant is Children's Author, Zodiac sign - Gemini. More detail about Cynthia Rylant given below.
About Cynthia Rylant
Missing May, a book she wrote for children, earned the Newbery Medal in 1993. Her other acclaimed children's books include A Fine White Dust, I Had Seen Castles, and the Cobblestreet Cousins and Annie & Snowball series.
Cynthia Rylant before fame
When I Was Young in the Mountains (1982), her first book, depicts her childhood in West Virginia's Appalachian area. Morris Harvey College and Marshall University later awarded her degrees.
Achievement of Cynthia Rylant
In 1987, her work A Fine White Dust received a Newbery Honor.
Cynthia Rylant family life
After her parents split when she was four years old, she was raised by her grandparents. Nathaniel was the result of her brief marriage to a University of Akron professor.
Associations of Cynthia Rylant
In 1993, she was awarded the Newbery Medal, one year before Lois Lowry received the same honor for The Giver.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Cynthia Rylant
Appalachian writers. Newbery Medal winners. Marshall University alumni. Writers from West Virginia. Newbery Honor winners. Kent State University alumni
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Cynthia Rylant is from Hopewell - West Virginia.
Cynthia Rylant is 70 year old.