Tanita S. Davis | |
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| Born | San Francisco,California, U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MFA in Creative Writing, PhD |
| Alma mater | Mills College |
| Genre | young adult fiction |
| Years active | 1999-now |
| Notable works | Mare's War |
| Notable awards | 2010 Coretta Scott King Award |
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Tanita S. Davis is an American author ofyoung adult novels, best known for herNAACP Image Award-nominated andCoretta Scott King Award-winning novelMare's War, about two teens going on a roadtrip with her WWII veteran grandmother who tells them about her rebellious past.[1]
Davis was born inSan Francisco,California and is the youngest of her biological siblings.[2] She has two adopted siblings.[2] She studied Creative Writing with an emphasis in Prose atMills College, originally not setting out to write for children, but ultimately wrote an early draft of what would become her fourth published novel,Mare's War, as her thesis.[2][3] She states that the works ofVictor LaValle, Ginu Kamani, andMicheline Aharonian Marcom taught her more about writing than her degree.[3] After graduating from Mills College with an MFA in 2004, she spent five years living in Scotland, where her husband completed hisPhD before moving back toNorthern California.[2]
Davis is married and lives in Northern California with her husband.[3]
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