Born: 03/30/1933   Manila , Phillippine Islands
Parents: Forrest Hampton Wells, Jane Wells
Spouse: Martin Stiles
Children: John Martin
Address(es):
Permanent :
861 Hume-Bedford Road
Paris , KY 40361
USA
Contact Information:
Email : [email protected]
Website : http://www.marthabennettstiles.com/index.htm

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Jodhpurs, Top Hats--and Poison?	Non Fiction	Adult	N.Y. Times, Opinion-Editorial section	2003
	Island Magic - picture book set in Grosse Ile; illustrated by Daniel San Souci.	Fiction , Michigan , Picture Book	Children	New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers	1999
	Lonesome Road	Fiction	Children	Gnomon Press	1998
	Kate of Still Waters - Republished in 1991 by Kentucky Talking Books.)	Fiction	Children	Macmillan	1990
	Sarah the Dragon Lady - family relationships	Fiction	Children	Macmillan	1986
	Tana and the Useless Monkey - Castro Cuba	Fiction	Children	Elsevier/Nelson	1979
	The Star in the Forest - France in the Dark Ages	Fiction	Children	Four Winds Press	1979
	James, the vine puller : a Brazilian folktale / retold by Martha Bennett Stiles	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	Carolrhoda	1974
	Dougal Looks for Birds - reprinted in Scott Foresman Textbook, Take a Bow, 1980)	Picture Book	Children	Four Winds Press	1972
	Darkness Over the Land - WW II in Munich (Publication Years: 1966, 1969)	Historical Fiction	Children	Dial Press, La Rose Blanche de Munich, Alsatic	1966 -1969
	The Strange House at Newburyport - Underground Railroad	Historical Fiction	Children	Dial Press; First Edition edition	1963
	One Among the Indians - Jamestown Colony (Publication Years: 1962, 1966)	Historical Fiction	Children	Dial Press, Allein Unter Indianern, Stuttgart	1962 -1966
	The Pastoral Life - First short story	Short Stories	Children	Virginia Quarterly Review	1959
	Serena's Surprise - First children's story.	Fiction	Children	Humpty Dumpty's Magazine	1957
	- Articles, poetry, short stories in various magazines such as: Esquire, Seventeen, Stereo Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Triquarterly, Georgia Review, Michigan Alumnus, Southwest Review, Missouri Review	Fiction , Non Fiction	Adult , Teen
	- Reviewer for various Michigan newspapers such as The Ann Arbor News, The Detroit Free Press, also, The New York Times.	Non Fiction	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: The goal of my writing is to tell children the truth as well as I can, even when I wish the truth were otherwise, and, when blessed with a chance, to give them some smiles, because childhood is very tough.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

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