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Mary Ellen Snodgrass
BornMary Ellen Robinson
(1944-02-29) February 29, 1944 (age 80)
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
OccupationAuthor
GenreReference 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

Literary companions

Cliffs Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c "Books by Mary Ellen Snodgrass". Bookshop.org. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Grad tidings". University of NC Greensboro. 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Get To Know New, Official Sun Belt Conference Members". Sporting Life Arkansas. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Nonfiction honor list" (PDF). VOYA Magazine. 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Thompson, June (July 12, 2000). "Great names brought to heal". HSJ. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Hunt, Robyn (June 1, 2022). "Pickled Vegetables From Around The World". Mashed. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Danovich, Tove (November 15, 2017). "The Secret Feminist History of Brown Paper Bags". Eater. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nyack Sketch Log: Toni Morrison's Bench By The Road". Nyack News & Views. November 18, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Richards, Amanda (November 3, 2015). "13 Oversized Ponchos For A Trend Reawakening". Bustle. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "UNCG Magazine". University of North Carolina Greensboro. 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  11. ^ HERNÁNDEZ, N. (January 31, 2019). "Sexualidad y perversión, la verdad sobre las mujeres y bailarinas del Lejano Oeste" (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hickory author announces new book". Hickory Record. March 19, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Perry, Shauneille (April 1, 2005). "Manhandles". American Theatre. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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