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

Biography

Snodgrass was born on February 29, 1944, in Wilmington,

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

, to William and Lucy Robinson. She attended

University of North Carolina at Greensboro The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina system. It is accredited by the S ...

(1966) and

Appalachian State University Appalachian State University (), or App State, is a Public university, public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States. It was founded as a normal school, teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and th ...

and is a member of

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. Snodgrass taught English and Latin at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University for 23 years. She is a member of the North Carolina Library Board and in 2013 chaired '' VOYA's'' nonfiction honor list selection committee. Snodgrass has reviewed reference books for ''Booklist'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and others and has won several reference books-of-the-year awards from the

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, ''Choice'', and ''

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''. Her books have also been named editor's choice by the ''

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'', ''Booklist'', and the

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Personal life

She married Hugh Snodgrass in 1984 and has a foster daughter, Deborah. She lives in

Hickory, North Carolina Hickory is a city in western North Carolina primarily located in Catawba County, North Carolina, Catawba County. The List of municipalities in North Carolina, 25th most populous city in the state, it is located approximately northwest of Charlot ...

Selected works

Encyclopedias

Literary companions

Cliffs Notes

References

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