Joyce Hansen

Joyce Hansen es una autora destacada de literatura infantil y juvenil con una carrera que abarca más de dos décadas. Su primera novela, "The Gift-Giver", publicada en 1980, se inspiró en su infancia en el Bronx y sus experiencias como educadora. Esto marcó el comienzo de un prolífico viaje literario que combina el realismo contemporáneo con temas de familia, comunidad y crecimiento personal.

Nacida y criada en la ciudad de Nueva York, Hansen asistió a escuelas públicas del Bronx antes de obtener una Licenciatura en Artes de la Universidad Pace y una Maestría en Artes de la Universidad de Nueva York. Pasó años enseñando en escuelas públicas de la ciudad de Nueva York y posteriormente impartió clases de escritura y literatura en Empire State College. Su formación como educadora influyó profundamente en su narrativa, reflejando a menudo las vidas y los desafíos de los jóvenes urbanos. Tras jubilarse de la enseñanza en 1995, se trasladó a Carolina del Sur, donde continúa escribiendo a tiempo completo.
Obi and Easter Trilogy Books
# Título Año
1 Which Way Freedom? 1986
2 Out from This Place 1988
3 The Heart Calls Home 1999
Novelas independientes
# Título Año
1 Home Boy 1982
2 The Captive 1994
3 Home Is with Our Family 2010
Libros de no ficción
# Título Año
1 Between Two Fires 1993
2 Women of Hope 1994
3 Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence (With: Gary McGowan) 1998
4 Bury Me Not in a Land of Slaves 2000
5 Freedom Roads (With: Gary McGowan) 2003
6 African Princess (With: Laurie McGaw) 2004
163rd Street Trilogy
# Título Año
1 The Gift Giver 1980
2 Yellow Bird and Me 1986
3 One True Friend (With: James Cross Giblin, Pro Ecclesia) 2001
Dear America Books
# Título Año
1 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1996
2 A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1996
3 Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 1996
4 I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 1997
5 A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack) 1997
6 Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg) 1998
7 Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 1998
8 West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy) 1998
9 Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne) 1998
10 A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland) 1998
11 Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack) 1998
12 Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White) 1998
13 The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 1999
14 My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi) 1999
15 The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner) 1999
16 A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse) 1999
17 Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack) 2000
18 A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2000
19 My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne) 2000
20 One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2000
21 Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky) 2001
22 Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland) 2001
23 Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory) 2001
24 My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy) 2001
25 When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine) 2002
26 My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
27 A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky) 2002
28 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White) 2002
29 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2002
30 Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke) 2002
31 So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg) 2003
32 Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner) 2003
33 Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer) 2003
34 All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald) 2003
35 Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack) 2004
36 Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909 (By: Deborah Hopkinson) 2004
37 I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino) 2004
38 The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson) 2010
39 Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry) 2011
40 Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory) 2011
41 With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney) 2011
42 Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron) 2012
43 Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti) 2013
44 A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell) 2013
Joyce Hansen Anthologies
# Título Año
1 Don't Give Up the Ghost 1993
2 Lost & Found: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction 2000