![]() ![]() However, Porter's parent's gave her a type writer as a Christmas gift when she was in 10th grade and she started to write poetry. When she first told her mother she wanted to be a writer, Porter's mother dismissed her: "My mother didn't pay me any attention. ![]() ![]() Īs she became a teenager, Porter became more interested in works by black writers and about black characters. Porter describes herself as an anxious and quiet child who liked to read, enjoying the works of Lois Lenski and Beverely Cleary. Her parents, who survived the Great Depression, raised a family of ten, the children spread 23 years apart, and lived on a meager fixed income, experiencing hard times. 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. In addition, she published two novels with Houghton-Mifflin, All-Bright Court (1991), and Imani All Mine (1999). 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. ![]() Connie Rose Porter (born July 29, 1959) is an African-American writer of young-adult books, and a teacher of creative writing. ![]()
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