Connie Jordan Green grew up in Oak Ridge, the setting
for her first young people's novel, The War at Home.
Her second novel, Emmy, is set in Southeastern Kentucky where
many of her relatives live. Both novels were published by Margaret
McElderry Books, Macmillan, now Simon & Schuster. The novels have
received various awards: The War at Home was placed on
the ALA List of Best Books for Young Adults, both books were selected by
the New York City Library as Books for the Teen Age, The War at Home
was nominated to the 1991-92 Volunteer State Book Award Master List, and
Emmy was selected as a Notable 1992 Children's Trade
Book in the Field of Social Studies. She also writes poetry, short
stories for young people, and a weekly newspaper column that has run since
1978 in The Loudon County News Herald. Her poetry and
essays have appeared in the KWG anthologies Voices from the Valley;
All Around Us: Poems from the Valley; and Breathing the Same
Air. She teaches writing at various workshops, and she speaks
frequently at both middle and high schools. She lives on a farm in
Loudon County with her husband, a retired engineer. They have three
grown children and six grandchildren. |
