Sharon m.draper biography

Sharon M. Draper is a professional educator as well as an accomplished writer. Edwards Award for lifetime literary achievement. In she was honored with the Anne V. Zarrow Award by the Tulsa Library Trust. She has been honored at the White House six times, and was chosen as one of only four authors in the country to speak at the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.

Students in the US, Nigeria, and Ghana are reading the book and sharing ideas-a true intercontinental, cross-cultural experience. Actively involved in encouraging and motivating all teachers and their students as well, she has worked all over the United States, as well as in Russia, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bermuda, and Guam, spreading the word about the power of accomplished teaching and excellence in education.

She is the published author of numerous articles, stories, and poems. Draper travels extensively and has been a guest on television and radio programs throughout the country, discussing issues of literature, reading, and education. She is an accomplished public speaker who addresses educational and literary groups of all ages, both nationally and internationally, with entertaining readings of her poetry and novels, as well as enlightening instructional presentations.

She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and a golden retriever named Honey.

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I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer. Come dream with me. I'm a creator, a visionary, a poet.