Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

American writer

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Patent in Hawaii, 2007
Born	Dorothy Hinshaw (1940-04-30) April 30, 1940 (age 84) Rochester, Minnesota, US
Occupation	Writer and educator
Education	BA in biological sciences, Ph.D. in zoology
Alma mater	Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley
Genre	Children's nonfiction
Subject	Nature
Notable awards	Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award
Spouse	Greg Patent
Website
dorothyhinshawpatent.com

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent (born April 30, 1940) is a teacher and author of over 100 children's nonfiction books.^[1] She lives in Missoula, Montana.^[2]

In 1964 she married Greg Patent.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

She has received numerous awards for her writing.^[3] "In 1987, she received the Eva L. Gordon Award from the American Nature Study Society in recognition of her outstanding contribution to science literature for young readers."^[2] She received the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Washington Post/Children's Book Guild 2004 Nonfiction Award Winner Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". The Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
^ ^a ^b "Biography, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". Scholastic Teachers.
^ "Dorothy Hinshaw Patent". SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Archived from the original on 2012-11-13.