Patricia McCormick

Education
B.S. Rosemont College 1978
M.S. Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism 1985
M.F.A. The New School 1999

Books
Purple Heart (Harper Collins) 2009
Cut (Front Street Books, Scholastic) 2000
My Brother's Keeper (Hyperion Books for Children) 2005
Sold (Hyperion Books for Children) 2006

Awards

National Book Award Finalist, 2006
Publishers Weekly, Best 25 Books of 2009
Publishers Weekly, Best 100 Books of 2006
National Public Radio's Best Books of the Year 2006
American Library Association, Top Ten List, Best Books of the Year, 2006
Booklist 2006 Editor's Choice Award
Gustav-Heinemann Peace Price 2009
Booklist Top Ten Women's History Books for Youth, 2007
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2007
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List, 2006
Chicago Tribune Best of the Year, 2006
Book Sense Pick, Winter 2006
IndieBound Pick, Autumn, 2009
New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, 2000, 2004, 2006
American Library Association Best Book of the Year 2002
American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick 2000
Children's Literature Council's Choice 2000, 2006
Teen People Book-of-the-Month selection 2000

Fellowships and honors
New York Foundation on the Arts fellowship
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts fellowship

Free-lance journalism
Formerly a bi-weekly entertainment columnist, The New York Times, a contributing editor, Parents magazine, and a
frequent contributor The New York Times Book Review, Ladies Home Journal, Town & Country, More, Reader's Digest, Mademoiselle and other publications.

Teaching Experience
Formerly an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an instructor of creative writing at the New School University. Taught an after-school literacy teacher at PS 189 in Queens.

Personal
I am the mother of two children and I live in New York with my husband, my son and my two cats.