Southgate, Martha

Martha Southgate is the author of several award-winning young adult novels, including Another Way to Dance, winner of the Coretta Scott King award for best first novel. Her non-fiction articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O, Premiere, and Essence. Martha was the Associate Chair of the Writing Department at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has taught there as well. She now teaches in the Brooklyn College MFA program. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two children.Biographical Source: http://www.marthasouthgate.com/about_martha.cfm [accessed 25 April 2008].

From the description of Martha Southgate Papers 1996. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 456170439

Martha Southgate is the author of several award-winning young adult novels, including Another Way to Dance, winner of the Coretta Scott King award for best first novel. Her non-fiction articles have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O, Premiere, and Essence . Martha was the Associate Chair of the Writing Department at Eugene Lang College at New School University and has taught there as well. She now teaches in the Brooklyn College MFA program. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and two children.

Biographical Source: http://www.marthasouthgate.com/about_martha.cfm [accessed 25 April 2008]

From the guide to the Martha Southgate Papers, 1996, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])