Dorothy Hinshaw Patent Explained

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Birth Name:	Dorothy Hinshaw
Birth Date:	30 April 1940
Birth Place:	Rochester, Minnesota, US
Occupation:	Writer and educator
Education:	BA in biological sciences, Ph.D. in zoology
Alma Mater:	Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley
Genre:	Children's nonfiction
Subject:	Nature
Spouse:	Greg Patent
Awards:	Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (born April 30, 1940) is a teacher and author of over 100 children's nonfiction books.^[1] She lives in Missoula, Montana.^[2]

In 1964 she married Greg Patent.

Awards

She has received numerous awards for her writing.^[3] "In 1987, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science literature for young readers."^[2] She received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award.^[1]

External links

• Works by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent at Library Thing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award Winner Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C..
2. Web site: Biography, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. Scholastic Teachers.
3. Web site: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113221933/http://www.scbwi.org/MemberProfile.aspx?u=43462453828574. 2012-11-13.