Sally Hobart Alexander | |
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Born | Owensboro, Kentucky |
Alma mater |
Bucknell University University of Pittsburgh |
Occupation | Writer of children's books |
Awards | Christopher Award (1995) |
Sally Hobart Alexander is an American writer of children's literature. She is best known for her books about her experiences as a blind person.
Sally Hobart was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Hobart and Kate Hobart. [1] She graduated from Hazelton High School, [2] and Bucknell University. [3] She earned a master's degree in social work at the University of Pittsburgh. [4]
After her undergraduate degree, Alexander taught third-grade students in Southern California, [5] when a rare disease caused blood vessels in her retina to break, which eventually led to total blindness. [6] She told Contemporary Authors, "I was unhappy to leave that last year [of my teaching], when my visual difficulties began. I entered an excellent training program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for newly blinded adults. For a year afterward, I taught at the Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind." [4]
Alexander embarked on a writing career in children's fiction with the publication of her first book, Mom Can't See Me (1990), in which Alexander depicts a loving family that has learned to cope with having a blind parent. She has published eight titles as of 2008, [7] including two memoirs, Taking Hold (1994) and On My Own (1997), [8] [9] and a young readers' biography of Laura Bridgman. [10]
Alexander teaches literature and writing in the Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children's and Adolescent Writing. [4] She received the 1995 Christopher Award for Taking Hold: My Journey into Blindness. [1]
Sally Hobart married Bob Alexander, an English professor. They have two children and live in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. [11] In recent years, she has developed hearing loss, and wears hearing aids. [7] "Although I don't minimize the challenges of my deaf-blindness," she wrote in 2010, "I do believe that were I to lose all my hearing, I would still find meaning and joy in reading and writing books." [12]
Sally Hobart Alexander | |
---|---|
Born | Owensboro, Kentucky |
Alma mater |
Bucknell University University of Pittsburgh |
Occupation | Writer of children's books |
Awards | Christopher Award (1995) |
Sally Hobart Alexander is an American writer of children's literature. She is best known for her books about her experiences as a blind person.
Sally Hobart was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the daughter of Robert Hobart and Kate Hobart. [1] She graduated from Hazelton High School, [2] and Bucknell University. [3] She earned a master's degree in social work at the University of Pittsburgh. [4]
After her undergraduate degree, Alexander taught third-grade students in Southern California, [5] when a rare disease caused blood vessels in her retina to break, which eventually led to total blindness. [6] She told Contemporary Authors, "I was unhappy to leave that last year [of my teaching], when my visual difficulties began. I entered an excellent training program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for newly blinded adults. For a year afterward, I taught at the Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind." [4]
Alexander embarked on a writing career in children's fiction with the publication of her first book, Mom Can't See Me (1990), in which Alexander depicts a loving family that has learned to cope with having a blind parent. She has published eight titles as of 2008, [7] including two memoirs, Taking Hold (1994) and On My Own (1997), [8] [9] and a young readers' biography of Laura Bridgman. [10]
Alexander teaches literature and writing in the Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children's and Adolescent Writing. [4] She received the 1995 Christopher Award for Taking Hold: My Journey into Blindness. [1]
Sally Hobart married Bob Alexander, an English professor. They have two children and live in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. [11] In recent years, she has developed hearing loss, and wears hearing aids. [7] "Although I don't minimize the challenges of my deaf-blindness," she wrote in 2010, "I do believe that were I to lose all my hearing, I would still find meaning and joy in reading and writing books." [12]