About Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Born 1940. Dorothy Hinshaw Patent is an American writer and children's writer.
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (born April 30, 1940) is a teacher and author of over 100 children's nonfiction books such as: How Smart are Animals?, At Home with the Beaver, and Saving the Tasmanian Devil. She lives in Lihui, Hawaii.
In 1964 she married Greg Patent.
Awards She has received numerous awards for her writing. "In 1987, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science literature for young readers." She received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award.
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American children's writer
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Dorothy Hinshaw Patent was born on 30 April 1940 in Rochester.
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