Mary Ellen Snodgrass (born February 29, 1944) is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works.[1]
Mary Ellen Snodgrass | |
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Born | Mary Ellen Robinson February 29, 1944 Wilmington, North Carolina, USA |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Reference books, textbooks |
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]
She married Hugh Snodgrass in 1984 and has a foster daughter, Deborah.[citation needed] She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.[4][1]