| Birth name | Mary Ellen Robinson |
|---|---|
| Birth date | February 29, 1944 (age 82) |
| Birth place | Wilmington, North Carolina, USA |
| Occupation | Author |
| Genre | Reference books, textbooks |
Mary Ellen Snodgrass (born February 29, 1944) is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works.[1]
Biography
Snodgrass was born on February 29, 1944, in Wilmington, North Carolina, to William and Lucy Robinson.[citation needed] She attended University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1966) and Appalachian State University[2][3] and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[citation needed]
Snodgrass taught English and Latin at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University for 23 years.[4][1] She is a member of the North Carolina Library Board[citation needed] and in 2013 chaired VOYA's nonfiction honor list selection committee.[4] Snodgrass has reviewed reference books for Booklist, Choice Reviews, Isis, and others[4] and has won several reference books-of-the-year awards from the American Library Association, Choice, and Library Journal.[4] Her books have also been named editor's choice by the Hickory Daily Record, Booklist, and the New York Public Library.[citation needed]
Personal life
She married Hugh Snodgrass in 1984 and has a foster daughter, Deborah.[citation needed] She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.[4][1]
Selected works
Encyclopedias
- Utopian Literature (1995)
- Satirical Literature (1996)
- Frontier Literature (1997)
- Southern Literature (1997)
- Nursing (1999)[5]
- World Scripture (2001)
- Gothic Literature (2004)
- Kitchen History (2004)[6][7]
- Feminist Literature (2006)
- Underground Railroad (2007)[8]
- Literature of Empire (2009)
- The Civil War Era and Reconstruction (2011)
- World Clothing and Fashion (2013)[9]
- Settlers of the American West : The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers, McFarland & Company (2015)
- World Ballet (2015)
- World Folk Dance (2016)
- American Colonial Women and their Art[10]
- Women and their Art[11]
- Frontier Women and their Art[12]
Literary companions
- August Wilson (2004)[13]
- Barbara Kingsolver (2004)
- Amy Tan (2004)
- Walter Dean Myers (2006)
- Kaye Gibbons (2006)
- Jamaica Kincaid (2008)
- Peter Carey (2010)
- Leslie Marmon Silko (2011)
- Isabel Allende (2012)
- Brian Friel (2017)
- Lee Smith (2019)[2]
- Rachel Carson (2021)
- Octavia Butler (2023)
- Ken Follett (2025)
- Alice Munro (2026)
Cliffs Notes
- Greek Classics (1988)
- Roman Classics (1988)
- Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing (1989)
- Cliffs Notes in the Classroom (1990)
- A Light in the Forest Notes (1999)
References
- ^ "Books by Mary Ellen Snodgrass". Bookshop.org. n.d. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Grad tidings". University of NC Greensboro. 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Get To Know New, Official Sun Belt Conference Members". Sporting Life Arkansas. 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Nonfiction honor list". VOYA Magazine. 2013. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ Thompson, June (2000-07-12). "Great names brought to heal". HSJ. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ Hunt, Robyn (2022-06-01). "Pickled Vegetables From Around The World". Mashed. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ Danovich, Tove (2017-11-15). "The Secret Feminist History of Brown Paper Bags". Eater. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Nyack Sketch Log: Toni Morrison's Bench By The Road". Nyack News & Views. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ Richards, Amanda (2015-11-03). "13 Oversized Ponchos For A Trend Reawakening". Bustle. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "UNCG Magazine". University of North Carolina Greensboro. 2018. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ HERNÁNDEZ, N. (2019-01-31). "Sexualidad y perversión, la verdad sobre las mujeres y bailarinas del Lejano Oeste" (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Hickory author announces new book". Hickory Record. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ Perry, Shauneille (2005-04-01). "Manhandles". American Theatre. Retrieved 2022-07-22.