Carol Gorman Carol Gorman is an American writer of children's fiction . She originally aspired to be an actress , and for a few years taught seventh grade at an Iowan middle school . Inspired by her husband and fellow author, Ed Gorman , she began writing in the mid-1980s. With over 22 books published under several names, Carol Gorman continues to write and teach.Personal life Gorman was born Carol Maxwell in Iowa City, Iowa , the daughter and second child of a pediatrician and a homemaker. She was raised there with her sister and two brothers. Growing up, Carol was drawn to performing. She dreamed of becoming an actress, and while studying at the University of Iowa , was cast in the lead of both West Side Story and Peter Pan . Her dreams of performing seemed to end with her college education , after which she became a teacher at a school in Iowa where she taught seventh grade. In the 1980s, she married a writer by the name of Edward Gorman , who inspired Carol to write.Career Gorman began writing when her husband read letters that she had sent to her siblings and suggested she would make a good writer. As he was already a published writer, Carol took his suggestion and began writing. She turned to books to teach her how to do so effectively, and wrote two books before getting published. There are now has at least 22 books published either under her own name, or the pseudonym, Jane Ballard. She has also worked as a ghost writer for other authors. She has devoted much of her writing to mystery and suspense novels for children. She conducts writers’ workshops at elementary and middle schools, and teaches part-time at Coe College in Iowa. While most of her books are fiction, “America’s Farm Crisis”, a nonfiction book aimed at sixth-grade students has been praised for doing “a commendable job at describing the farm crisis” in America.Chelsey and the Green-Haired Kid was cited as an outstanding book for the reluctant reader by the American Library Association , earned the Ethical Culture Book Award , was nominated for four state young readers' awards, and was recommended in a Ladies' Home Journal article "How to Get Your Kids to Love Books."Dork in Disguise won the 2002—South Carolina Association of School Librarians Junior Book Award. The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights announced its 2005 Outstanding Book Awards and issued an honorable mention to Carol Gorman & Ron Findley for Stumptown Kid .Books America's Farm Crisis - Franklin Watts, 1987Chelsey and the Green-Haired Kid - Houghton Mifflin , 1987T. J. and the Pirate Who Wouldn't Go Home - Scholastic, 1990It's Not Fair - Concordia Publishing House , 1992 The Biggest Bully in Brookdale - Concordia, 1992Die for Me - Avon Books , 1992Graveyard Moon - Avon Books, 1993The Great Director - Concordia Publishing House , 1993 Skin Deep - Concordia Publishing House, 1993 Nobody's Friend - Concordia Publishing House, 1993 The Richest Kid in the World - Concordia Publishing House, 1993 Brian's Footsteps - Concordia Publishing House, 1994 The Taming of Roberta Parsley - Concordia Publishing House, 1994 Million Dollar Winner - Concordia Publishing House, 1994 The Rumor - Concordia Publishing House, 1994 The Miraculous Makeover of Lizard Flanagan - HarperCollins, 1994.Jennifer-the-Jerk Is Missing - Simon & Schuster , 1994Back from the Dead - Avon Books, 1995Vrai Ou Faux - Hachette, 1996The Bugman Lives! - 1996 Lizard Flanagan, Supermodel? - HarperCollins, 1998Dork In Disguise - HarperCollins, 1999: Children's Choice Award Mark Twain Readers Award , Sequoyah Children's Book Award Sasquatch Reading Award Honor Book - Massachusetts Children's Book Award Felonious Felines - Five Star Press, 2000 L'Homme Insecte - 2000Dork on the Run - HarperCollins, 2002A Midsummer Night's Dork - HarperCollins, 2004Games - HarperCollins, 2007Stumptown Kid - 2005 : Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
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