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Ann Bausum

Biography

Ann Bausum

Ann Bausum writes about history for readers of all ages. STONEWALL is her twelfth book. Ann has written frequently about social justice history in the United States, including the fight for women’s voting rights, the 1961 struggle for integrated interstate transportation in the South, and the Memphis, Tennessee, campaign to unionize sanitation workers that led to the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Among other recognitions, her books for children and teens have received a Sibert Honor, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, the Golden Kite Award and, on two occasions, the Carter G. Woodson Award. Ann lives in southern Wisconsin.

Ann Bausum