Born: 06/26/1936   Ann Arbor , MI
Parents: Hobart Hurd (Chemistry professor) and Margaret Willard
Spouse: Eric Lindbloom (photographer)
Children: James Anatole
Address(es):
133 College Avenue
Poughkeepsie , NY 12603
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/nancy-willard
Website : http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/nancy_willard

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The three mouths of Little Tom Drum	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press	2015
	The Sea at Truro : Poems	Poetry	Adult	New York : Knopf	2012
	A Starlit Snowfall	Picture Book	Children	New York : Little, Brown	2011
	The Left-Handed Story : Writing and the Writer's Life - Writers on Writing Series	Non Fiction , Biography	Adult	Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press	2008
	The Flying Bed	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	New York : Blue Sky Press	2007
	Sweep Dreams	Picture Book	Children	New York : Little, Brown	2005
	In the Salt Marsh : Poems	Poetry	Adult	New York : Knopf	2004
	The Tale of Paradise Lost : Based on the Poem by John Milton	Picture Book , Poetry	Children	New York : Atheneum	2004
	Cinderella's Dress	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	New York : Blue Sky Press	2003
	The Moon and Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Cafe	Picture Book , Poetry	Children	San Diego, CA : Harcourt	2001
	The tale I told Sasha - Stories in rhyme.	Fiction , Poetry	Children	Boston : Little, Brown	1999
	The tortilla cat	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace	1998
	Cracked corn and snow ice cream : a family almanac	Non Fiction	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co.	1997
	The good-night blessing book - Photographs of folk-art angels illustrate a verse invoking blessings on the treasures of daily life.	Poetry	Adult , Children	New York : Blue Sky Press	1996
	Among angels : poems -  by Nancy Willard and Jane Yolen	Poetry	Adult	San Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co.	1995
	Sister Water, a novel	Fiction , Michigan	Adult	New York : Knopf	1994
	Telling Time : Angels, Ancestors, and Stories - Essays on the realities of a writer's life and the ever-present need to turn the reader into a believer.	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Harcourt, Brace & Co.	1993
	A starlit somersault downhill	Fiction	Children	Boston : Little, Brown	1993
	Beauty and the Beast	Folklore , Picture Book	Children	San Diego : Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich	1992
	The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake - KC Three Award	Picture Book	Children	San Diego : Harcour Brace Jovanovicht	1990
	East of the Sun, West of the Moon : a Play	Drama	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1989
	The Ballad of Biddy Early	Poetry	Children	New York : Knopf	1989
	Water Walker	Poetry	Adult	New York : Knopf	1989
	Firebrat	Fiction , Fantasy	Children	New York : Knopf	1987
	The Mountains of Quilt	Fiction	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1987
	The Voyage of the Ludgate Hill: A Journey with Robert Louis Stevenson - A poem inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's letters describes how the author and his wife survived a stormy ocean voyage with a shipload of exotic animals.	Poetry	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1987
	Night Story	Fiction , Fantasy	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1986
	Things Invisible to See	Fiction	Adult	New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House	1985
	The Nightgown of the Sullen Moon - (Publication Years: 1983, 1987, 1988)	Fiction	Adult , Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1983
	Angel in the Parlor : Five Stories and Eight Essays	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1983
	Household Tales of Moon and Water - (Publication Years: 1982, 1987)	Poetry	Adult	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1982
	The Marzipan Moon	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1981
	A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers - First Newbery Award for Poetry (Publication Years: 1981, 1982, 1988)	Poetry	Children	New York ; London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1981
	Papa's Panda	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1979
	The Highest Hit - (Publication Years: 1978, 1983)	Fiction	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1978
	Strangers' Bread	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1977
	Simple Pictures Are Best - (Publication Years: 1977, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1988)	Fiction	Children	San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1977
	Shoes Without Leather	Poetry	Children	New York : Putnam	1976
	The Well-Mannered Balloon	Fiction	Children	New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1976
	All on a May Morning	Poetry	Children	New York : Putnam	1975
	The Merry History of Christmas Pie: With a Delicious Description of a Christmas Soup	Poetry	Children	New York : Putnam	1975
	The Snow Rabbit	Poetry	Children	New York : Putnam	1975
	The Carpenter of the Sun: Poems	Poetry	Adult	New York, Liveright	1974
	Childhood of the Magician	Fiction , Poetry , Short Stories	Adult	New York, Liveright	1973
	Nineteen Masks for a Naked Poet: Poems - (Publication Years: 1971, 1984)	Poetry	Adult	Santa Cruz, Cal. : Kayak Books	1971
	A New Herbball: Poems	Poetry	Adult	Ferinand-Roter Gallerias	1968
	Lively Anatomy of God; stories.	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult	New York, Eakins Press	1968
	Skin of Grace	Poetry	Adult	Columbia : University of Missouri Press	1967
	In His Country: Poems	Poetry	Adult	Ann Arbor, Mich., Generation	1966

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Name	Date
Michigan Author award, Michigan Library Association	1994
School Library Media Specialists of Southeastern New York award	1992
KC Three award for The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake	1992 -1993
National Book Critics Circle award nomination (poetry) for Water Walker	1990
Newbery Award: A Visit to William Blake's Inn	1982
Caldecott Honor Book award, ALA, and American Book Award nomination, for A Visit to William Blake's Inn	1982
Special Honor Book Plaque, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators	1981
Golden Kite fiction honor	1981
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for illustration	1981
The Marzipan Moon was a New York Times Notable Book	1981
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Sailing to Cythera and Other Anatole Stories, for The Island of the Grass King	1979
Art Books for Children citation, Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Public Library, for Simple Pictures Are Best;	1978
Creative Artists' Public Service Award for poetry	1977
Sailing to Cythera and Other Anatole Stories was selected as one of the Fifty Books of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts	1974
O. Henry Award for best short story for "Theo's Girl"	1970
Devins Memorial Award for Skin of Grace	1967
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship	1960
Five Jules and Avery Hopwood Awards for poetry and essays, University of Michigan	1958
National Endowment for the Arts grant, for poetry, fellowship for fiction - Award received for following years: 1976, 1978
Creative Artist Service Award

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