Amy timberlake biography
Amy grew up in Hudson, Wisconsin..
Timberlake grew up in the small town of Hudson, Wisconsin, but later adapted to city life when she moved to Chicago, Illinois and married.
Amy Timberlake Biography
Female. Education: University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A. (creative writing).
Addresses
Agent—c/o Author Mail, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 19 Union Square W., New York, NY
Career
Writer.
University of Illinois, Chicago, former instructor in English composition; Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA, writing teacher; Virginia Commission for the Arts, public information officer; has also worked as a children's bookseller and for the Chicago Botanic Garden.
Member
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Illinois chapter).
Honors Awards
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies residency fellow, ; Parent's Choice Gold Medal, and Golden Kite Award, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, both , and Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award first prize, International Reading Association Notable Book designation, Spur Award finalist, and Southeast Booksellers Association Book Award finalist, all , all for The Dirty Cowboy.