Deborah Hopkinson, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, is a respected author known for her historical fiction and nonfiction works. She has a special interest in writing about extraordinary and ordinary people from the past, as well as exploring themes of women's history, social justice, and environmental issues.
With numerous books under her belt, Hopkinson's work spans across picture books, historical fiction, and nonfiction for young readers. In 2013, she received recognition for her book "Titanic: Voices From The Disaster" with a Robert F. Sibert Honor and a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award honor. In 2023, Hopkinson has several books set to be published for readers of all ages, including "Happy Earth Day!", "Race Against Death: The Greatest POW Rescue of World War II", "Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred" (illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky), "The Plot to Kill a Queen", and a picture book inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Additionally, she has a new Ready to Read series, "The Adventures of Trim" in the works.
Hopkinson is available for conference and library appearances, school author visits, and offers manuscript critiques. She enjoys gardening and lives with her family and a large menagerie of pets near Portland, Oregon. However, there is no information provided about following her on Twitter or Instagram, or visiting her on the web, suggesting that this information may be outdated or incorrect.
The Deadliest Books
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The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now
2021
2
The Deadliest Hurricanes Then and Now
2022
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The Deadliest Fires Then and Now
2022
The Klondike Kid Books
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Year
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1
Sailing for Gold
2003
2
The Long Trail
2004
3
Adventure in Gold Town
2004
Prairie Skies Books
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1
Pioneer Summer
2002
2
Cabin in the Snow
2002
3
Our Kansas Home
2003
Standalone Novels
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Year
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1
Into the Firestorm of San Francisco, 1906
2006
2
Titanic: Voices From the Disaster
2012
3
The Great Trouble
2013
4
A Bandit's Tale
2016
5
D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History
2018
6
How I Became a Spy
2019
7
We Had to Be Brave
2020
8
The Plot to Kill a Queen
2023
Picture Books
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Year
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (With: James E. Ransome)
1993
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
1993
3
Birdie's Lighthouse
1996
4
A Band of Angels
1999
5
Maria's Comet
1999
6
Bluebird Summer
2001
7
Fannie in the Kitchen
2001
8
Under the Quilt of Night
2002
9
Under the Quilt of Night (With: James E. Ransome)
2002
10
Girl Wonder
2003
11
Sky Boys
2004
12
Sky Boys (With: James E. Ransome)
2004
13
A Packet of Seeds
2004
14
Apples to Oregon
2004
15
Saving Strawberry Farm
2005
16
Susan B. Anthony
2005
17
Sweet Land of Liberty
2007
18
Michelle
2009
19
First Family
2009
20
Home on the Range
2009
21
Stagecoach Sal
2009
22
The Humblebee Hunter
2010
23
A Boy Called Dickens
2012
24
A Boy Called Dickens (With: John Hendrix)
2012
25
Annie and Helen
2012
26
Knit Your Bit
2013
27
Beatrix Potter and the Unfortunate Tale of a Borrowed Guinea Pig
2016
28
Follow the Moon Home
2016
29
Steamboat School
2016
30
A Letter to My Teacher
2017
31
Independence Cake
2017
32
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen
2018
33
Under the Bodhi Tree
2018
34
Carter Reads the Newspaper
2019
35
Mindful Day
2020
36
Butterflies Belong Here
2020
37
My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton
2021
38
My Little Golden Book about Dolly Parton
2021
39
My Little Golden Book about Betty White
2021
40
The Story of a Story
2021
41
Only One
2022
42
Happy Earth Day!
2023
43
Cinderella and a Mouse Called Fred
2023
44
Dr. Jonas Salk
2023
Children's Books
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World War II Close Up
2024
Non-Fiction Books
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Pearl Harbor
1991
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Shutting Out the Sky
2003
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From Slave to Soldier
2005
4
John Adams Speaks for Freedom
2005
5
Billy and the Rebel
2005
6
Up Before Daybreak
2006
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Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
2008
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Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek (With: John Hendrix)
2008
9
Keep On!
2009
10
Courage & Defiance
2015
11
Dive!
2016
12
D-Day: The World War II Invasion that Changed History
2018
13
We Had to Be Brave
2020
14
Thanks to Frances Perkins
2020
15
We Must Not Forget
2021
16
Race Against Death
2023
Dear America Books
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1996
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
1996
3
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1996
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A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620
1996
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Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart
1996
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Winter Of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary Of Abigail Jane Stewart ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
1996
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865 (By: Joyce Hansen)
1997
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I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl, Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1865
1997
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A Picture Of Freedom (By: Patricia McKissack)
1997
10
A Picture Of Freedom
1997
11
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
1998
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Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 (By: Barry Denenberg)
1998
13
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
1998
14
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903
1998
15
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi (By: Jim Murphy)
1998
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West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi
1998
17
Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763
1998
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Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan, Delaware Valley, Pennsylvania, 1763 ( By: Mary Pope Osborne)
1998
19
A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence
1998
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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo Diary of Lucinda Lawrence (By: Sherry Garland)
1998
21
Stationery Pack (By: Patricia McKissack)
1998
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Stationery Pack
1998
23
Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912 (By: Ellen Emerson White)
1998
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Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic 1912
1998
25
The Great Railroad Race
1999
26
The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
1999
27
My Heart is on the Ground
1999
28
My Heart is on the Ground (By: Ann Rinaldi)
1999
29
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl (By: Ann Turner)
1999
30
The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl
1999
31
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin (By: Karen Hesse)
1999
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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin
1999
33
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North
2000
34
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North (By: Patricia McKissack)
2000
35
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896 (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2000
36
A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Lattimer, Pennsylvania, 1896
2000
37
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941
2000
38
My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck, Long Island, New York 1941 (By: Mary Pope Osborne)
2000
39
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938
2000
40
One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss, Vienna, Austria to New York 1938 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2000
41
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932 ( By: Kathryn Lasky)
2001
42
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana 1932
2001
43
Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846, (By: Sherry Garland)
2001
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Valley of the Moon: The Diary of María Rosalía de Milagros, Sonoma Valley, Alta Valley, California, 1846,
2001
45
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881
2001
46
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849 (By: Kristiana Gregory)
2001
47
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska 1881 (By: Jim Murphy)
2001
48
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer
2002
49
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck
2002
50
When Christmas Comes Again: The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer (By: Beth Seidel Levine)
2002
51
My Secret War : The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002
52
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917
2002
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
2002
54
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C. 1917 (By: Kathryn Lasky)
2002
55
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932
2002
56
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (By: Ellen Emerson White)
2002
57
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935
2002
58
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan, The Perkins School for the Blind, 1932 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2002
59
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (By: Katelan Janke)
2002
60
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
2003
61
So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (By: Barry Denenberg)
2003
62
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson
2003
63
Love Thy Neighbor: The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson (By: Ann Turner)
2003
64
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota
2003
65
All the Stars in the Sky
2003
66
Land of the Buffalo Bones: The Diary of Mary Ann Elizabeth Rodgers, An English Girl in Minnesota (By: Marion Dane Bauer)
2003
67
All the Stars in the Sky ( By: Megan McDonald)
2003
68
Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory 1849
2003
69
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763
2004
70
Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl, New York Colony 1763 (By: Patricia McKissack)
2004
71
Hear My Sorrow: The Diary of Angela Denoto, a Shirtwaist Worker, New York City 1909
2004
72
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691 (By: Lisa Rowe Fraustino)
2004
73
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
2004
74
The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941
2010
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The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle, Washington, 1941 (By: Kirby Larson)
2010
76
Like the Willow Tree
2011
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Like the Willow Tree ( By: Lois Lowry)
2011
78
Cannons at Dawn
2011
79
Cannons at Dawn ( By: Kristiana Gregory)
2011
80
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954 (By: Andrea Davis Pinkney)
2011
81
With the Might of Angels: The Diary of Dawnie Rae Johnson, Hadley, Virginia, 1954
2011
82
Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880
2012
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Behind the Masks: The Diary of Angeline Reddy, Bodie, California, 1880 (By: Susan Patron)
2012
84
Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose (By: Susan Campbell Bartoletti)
2013
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Down the Rabbit Hole, Chicago, Illinois, 1871: The Diary of Pringle Rose
2013
86
A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906 (By: Judy Blundell)
2013
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A City Tossed and Broken: The Diary of Minnie Bonner, San Francisco, California, 1906
2013
Little Golden Book Biography Books
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Year
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1
My Little Golden Book About Dolly Parton
2021
2
Willie Nelson: A Little Golden Book Biography (By: Geof Smith, Jeffrey Ebbeler)
2023
3
Beyonce: A Little Golden Book Biography (By: Lavaille Lavette, Anastasia Williams)
2023
4
Tony Bennett (With: Barbara Bongini)
2023
5
Steven Spielberg: A Little Golden Book Biography (By: Luke Flowers, Geof Smith)
2024
Little Golden Books
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Year
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The Princess and the Pea (By: Jana Christy)
1835
2
The Boy and the Tigers (By: Bannerman)
1899
3
The Road to Oz (By: L. Frank Baum)
1909
4
Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs (By: Al Dempster)
1933
5
The Steam Roller (By: Margaret Wise Brown)
1938
6
Walt Disney's Pinocchio (By: Steffi Fletcher)
1940
7
The Animals Of Farmer Jones (By: Leah Gale)
1942
8
Bambi (By: Bob Grant)
1942
9
Tootle (By: Gertrude Crampton)
1945
10
The Shy Little Kitten (By: Gustaf Tenggren, Cathleen Schurr)
1946
11
Christmas Carols (By: Corinne Malvern)
1946
12
Scuffy the Tugboat (By: Gertrude Crampton)
1946
13
The Golden Egg Book (By: Margaret Wise Brown)
1947
14
The Saggy Baggy Elephant (By: Kathryn Jackson, Byron Jackson)
1947
15
Animal Babies (By: Kathryn Jackson)
1947
16
Noises and Mr. Flibberty-Jib (By: Gertrude Crampton)