Connie Ann Kirk (born February 14, 1957) is an American author. Her books cover a range of subjects including concise literary biographies for students, bio-critical literary studies, and references. She has also written a fiction picture book for children. Her articles, both in print and online, address topics in literature, poetry, popular culture, history, education, art, television, science, sports, and film.

Connie Ann Kirk was born on February 14, 1957, inWellsville, New York,^[1] and raised in upstate New York.

She received a Ph.D. in English literature and creative writing fromBinghamton University in 2004.^[1]

Among Kirk's first published books include several titles forGreenwood Press's series of concise biographies for students. One of these, which became a bestseller for the press, was a biography of British authorJ. K. Rowling. A reviewer at theSchool Library Journal wrote that "the scholarly writing style and evaluative content make this volume useful to high school students studying Rowling and her work."^[2]

That book has been translated intoJapanese,Chinese, andEstonian.

In 2004, Kirk's children'spicture book --Sky Dancers—was published byLee & Low Books.Sky Dancers is about theMohawk skyscraper builders in 1930sNew York City and was selected by The Children's Book Committee atBank Street College of Education for theirBest Children's Books of the Year and byRutgers University's EconKids program as one of their "Top 5 Books on Human Resources."^[3]

Kirk developed an interest inpoetEmily Dickinson during her doctoral studies at Binghamton. She has presented her scholarly work on the poet internationally, including atOxford University. In addition, several of her articles related to the poet appear in academic journals and scholarly books.^[4]Her book on Emily Dickinson grew out of her dissertation.^[5]

• Kirk, Connie Ann (2002).The Mohawks of North America. First Peoples.Minneapolis:Lerner Publishing Group.ISBN 978-0-8225-4853-9.
• —— (2003)."Chapter 15 - Writing Their Way Home: American Writers and Baseball". In Rielly, Edward J (ed.).Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond.New York:Haworth Press. pp. 173–181.ISBN 978-0-7890-1485-6. RetrievedDecember 28, 2009.
• —— (2003).J. K. Rowling: A Biography.Westport, Conn:Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-32205-1.
• —— (2004).Emily Dickinson: A Biography.Westport, Conn:Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-32206-8.
• —— (2004).Mark Twain: A Biography.Westport, Conn:Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-33025-4.
• —— (2004).Sylvia Plath: A Biography.Westport, Conn:Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-33214-2.
• —— (2004).Sky Dancers. illus. by Christy Hale.New York:Lee & Low Books.ISBN 978-1-58430-162-2.
• —— (2005).Companion to American Children's Picture Books.Westport, Conn:Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-32287-7.
• —— (2006).A Student's Guide to Robert Frost. Understanding Literature.Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.ISBN 978-0-7660-2434-2.
• —— (2008).A Student's Guide to Jane Austen. Understanding Literature.Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.ISBN 978-0-7660-2439-7.
• —— (2008).Critical Companion to Flannery O'Connor.New York:Facts on File.ISBN 978-0-8160-6417-5.
• —— (2016).Reading and Interpreting the Works of Robert Frost.Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers.ISBN 978-0766073500.
• —— (2016).Reading and Interpreting the Works of Jane Austen.Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers.ISBN 978-0766079113.

In addition to her published writing in print and online, Kirk has moderated a number of online discussion groups including the Classics, Shakespeare, and Harry Potter forums for the former Barnes & Noble Book Club atBN.com. She also developed and taught a course in Emily Dickinson's life and poetry that offered continuing education credit at the former Barnes & Noble University, also atBN.com.

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