Higgins, the Great (1974) won the Newbery Medal, making Hamilton the first black author to receive the medal. Hamilton published The Planet of Junior Brown, which was named a Newbery Honor Book and also won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1971. Zeely was named an American Library Association Notable Book and won the Nancy Bloch Award. In 1967, Zeely was published, the first of more than 40 books. Adoff supported the family by working as a teacher, so Hamilton spent her time writing and had two children. The two later returned with their children to live on the farm where Hamilton was raised. She met poet Arnold Adoff while living in New York City, and married him in 1960. She received a full scholarship to Antioch College but later transferred to Ohio State University. Hamilton's family encouraged her to read and write widely. Hamilton's lifetime achievements include the international Hans Christian Andersen Award for writing children's literature in 1992 and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her contributions to American children's literature in 1995. National Book Award in category Children's Books Higgins, the Great (1974), for which she won the U.S. Virginia Esther Hamilton (Ma– February 19, 2002) was an American children's books author.
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