Mary Ellen Snodgrass (born February 29, 1944) is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works.[1]

Biography

Snodgrass was born on February 29, 1944, in Wilmington, North Carolina, to William and Lucy Robinson.[citation needed] She attended University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1966) and Appalachian State University[2][3] and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[citation needed]

Snodgrass taught English and Latin at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University for 23 years.[4][1] She is a member of the North Carolina Library Board[citation needed] and in 2013 chaired VOYA's nonfiction honor list selection committee.[4] Snodgrass has reviewed reference books for Booklist, Choice Reviews, Isis, and others[4] and has won several reference books-of-the-year awards from the American Library Association, Choice, and Library Journal.[4] Her books have also been named editor's choice by the Hickory Daily Record, Booklist, and the New York Public Library.[citation needed]

Personal life

She married Hugh Snodgrass in 1984 and has a foster daughter, Deborah.[citation needed] She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.[4][1]

Selected works

Encyclopedias

  • Utopian Literature (1995)
  • Satirical Literature (1996)
  • Frontier Literature (1997)
  • Southern Literature (1997)
  • Nursing (1999)[5]
  • World Scripture (2001)
  • Gothic Literature (2004)
  • Kitchen History (2004)[6][7]
  • Feminist Literature (2006)
  • Underground Railroad (2007)[8]
  • Literature of Empire (2009)
  • The Civil War Era and Reconstruction (2011)
  • World Clothing and Fashion (2013)[9]
  • Settlers of the American West : The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers, McFarland & Company (2015)
  • World Ballet (2015)
  • World Folk Dance (2016)
  • American Colonial Women and their Art[10]
  • Women and their Art[11]
  • Frontier Women and their Art[12]

Literary companions

Cliffs Notes

  • Greek Classics (1988)
  • Roman Classics (1988)
  • Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing (1989)
  • Cliffs Notes in the Classroom (1990)
  • A Light in the Forest Notes (1999)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Books by Mary Ellen Snodgrass". Bookshop.org. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Grad tidings". University of NC Greensboro. 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Get To Know New, Official Sun Belt Conference Members". Sporting Life Arkansas. July 1, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Nonfiction honor list" (PDF). VOYA Magazine. 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  5. ^ Thompson, June (July 12, 2000). "Great names brought to heal". HSJ. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Hunt, Robyn (June 1, 2022). "Pickled Vegetables From Around The World". Mashed. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Danovich, Tove (November 15, 2017). "The Secret Feminist History of Brown Paper Bags". Eater. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nyack Sketch Log: Toni Morrison's Bench By The Road". Nyack News & Views. November 18, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  9. ^ Richards, Amanda (November 3, 2015). "13 Oversized Ponchos For A Trend Reawakening". Bustle. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "UNCG Magazine". University of North Carolina Greensboro. 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  11. ^ HERNÁNDEZ, N. (January 31, 2019). "Sexualidad y perversión, la verdad sobre las mujeres y bailarinas del Lejano Oeste" (in Spanish). elsalvador.com. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hickory author announces new book". Hickory Record. March 19, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  13. ^ Perry, Shauneille (April 1, 2005). "Manhandles". American Theatre. Retrieved July 22, 2022.