Who's Who

Dragonwagon, Crescent (Zolotow, Ellen)

ACTIVE MARQUIS VOLUME(S):

Who's Who in America, Edition 53

Who's Who in America, Edition 52

Who's Who in America, Edition 51

Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Edition 21

Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Edition 4

Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, Edition 3

OCCUPATION(S): writer, former innkeeper, co-founder of Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow

BORN: Nov. 25, 1952 NYC.

PARENTS: Maurice and Charlotte (Shapiro) Zolotow

FAMILY: married Mark Parsons, Mar. 20, 1969 (div.1973); married Ned Shank, Oct. 1978.

SEX: Female

CAREER RELATED:

Co-founder, Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, 1999- ;owner, operator Dairy Hollow House, Eureka Springs, Ark., 1981-1988; spokesperson Calif. Almond Bd., 1993; chef du jour TVFN, 1996.

CREATIVE WORKS:

Author: (adult fiction) The Year It Rained, 1985 (N.Y. Times 100 Notable Books of 1985); (children's books) Rainy Day Together, 1970, Strawberry Dress Escape, 1975, Wind Rose, 1976, When Light Turns Into Night, 1977, Will It Be Okay?, 1977, Your Owl Friend, 1977, If You Call My Name, 1981, (with Paul Zindel) To Take a Dare, 1982, Katie in the Morning, 1983, I Hate My Brother Harry, 1983, Coconut, 1984,
Jemima Remembers, 1984 (Nat. Coun. Tchrs. English Choice award 1985), Always, Always, 1984 (Parents' Choice Literary Honor 1984, Social Scis. Book of Yr.), Half a Moon and One Whole Star, 1986 (Coretta Scott King Recognition for 1986-87), Diana, Maybe, 1987, Alligator Arrived with Apples, 1987, Dear Miss Moshki, 1988, Margaret Ziegler Is Horse-Crazy, 1988, I Hate My Sister Maggie, 1989, This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned, 1989, The Itch Book, 1990, Home Place, 1990 (Golden Kite award Soc. Children's Book Writers), Winter Holding Spring, 1990, Alligators and Others All Year Long, 1993, Annie Flies the Birthday Bike, 1993, Brass Button, 1997, Bat in the Dining Room, 1997, The Sun Begun, 1998; (nonfiction) Dairy Hollow House Cookbook, 1986 (World of Cookbooks Best Regional award 1986, L.A. Times 10 Best 1986), Dairy Hollow House Soup and Bread Cookbook (nominated for Julia Child and James Beard awards), 1992; contbr. book revs., articles to mags., newspapers including N.Y. Times, Cosmopolitan, Los Angeles, Lear's, Fine Cooking; appeared on TV Chef du Jour, 1996.

AWARDS:

Recipient Porter Fund award for writing, Ark., 1991, Women on the Go award, Wyndam, 1997, 1st prize profl. category Newman's Own Recipe Contest, 1997; Ossabaw Found. fellow, 1982, Ragdale Found. fellow, 1990.

MEMBERSHIPS:

Mem. Authors Guild, Internat. Assn.Culinary Profls. (judge IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Awards 1997; conference program committee 2000), Soc Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Archimedes Investment Management (president, 1999-2000); Eureka Group.

RESEARCH INTERESTS/SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:

Avocations: reading, fitness, Ozarks, gardening.