Karen Hesse, born August 29, 1952, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, is an author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She is best known as a writer of historical fiction. She has received many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002, and the 1998 Newbery medal for her book "Out of the Dust", a story of a girl living through the dust bowl of the depression. Wikipedia
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Karen Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teenaged daughters. Her book Out of the Dust was awarded the Newbery Medal for 1998. content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3214&...
