Author connie porter biography
Author connie porter biography
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Connie Porter
American children's writer
Connie Rose Porter (born July 29, 1959) is an African-American writer of young-adult books, and a teacher of creative writing.
Porter is best known for her contribution to the American Girl Collection Series as the author of the Addy books: six of her Addy books have gone on to sell more than 3 million copies. In addition, she published two novels with Houghton-Mifflin, All-Bright Court (1991), and Imani All Mine (1999).
Early life
Porter spent her childhood and youth growing up in Lackawanna, New York, a small city just outside Buffalo in the Baker Housing project with her family.[1][2] Her parents, who survived the Great Depression, raised a family of ten, the children spread 23 years apart,[1] and lived on a meager fixed income, experiencing hard times.[3] Porter describes herself as an anxious and quiet child who liked to read, enjoying the works of Lois Lenski and Beverely Cleary.&#