Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Sharon Draper

Born: August 21, 1948 (age 77)
Bio: Sharon Mills Draper is an American children's writer and a professional educator, the 1997 National Teacher of the Year. She is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the African-American experience.
Known for:
- Out of My Mind (2010)
- Tears of a Tiger (1994)
- Forged by Fire (1997)
- Copper Sun (2006)
- The Battle of Jericho (2004)