The Stones, Macmillan ( New York, NY), 1976. The Valley of the Shadow, Macmillan ( New York, NY), 1974. Awards, Honorsīoston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book Award, 1995, Ohioana Book Award, 1995, and named a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts, National Council of Teachers of English, 1995, all for Jericho Society of Midland Authors Award, 1999, for Susannah. International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English, Ohio Historical Society. Member, United States Board on Books for Young People. Junior high school teacher in public schools, Whitehall, OH, 1961-64 Ohio State University, Columbus, part-time instructor in children's literature, 1968-73, lecturer, 1979-2005. Education: Ohio State University, B.Sc., 1960, M.A. Hickman (a teacher), Januchildren: John H., Holly. She was included in a tribute by Ohioana Library to three authors which the Ohio literary community lost in early 2020.Īwards: Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book Award, 1995, Ohioana Book Award, 1995, and named a Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Language Arts, National Council of Teachers of English, 1995, all for Jericho Society of Midland Authors Award, 1999, for Susannah.Born July 8, 1940, in Kilbourne, OH daughter of Bernard Franklin (a plumber) and Pauline (Williams) Gephart married John D. Janet Hickman passed away April 30, 2020, from complications due to Parkinson’s disease. She also wrote for the magazines Ingenue and Teen. She contributed to a number of professional journals including Ohio Reading Teacher, Research in the Teaching of English, Theory into Practice, and Language Arts. Cullinan) and Children`s Literature in the Elementary School (with Charlotte S. Hickman has also co-authored two adult books on children`s literature: Children`s Literature in the Classroom – Weaving Charlotte`s Web (with Bernice E. She received the Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Award for Jericho: A Novel in 1995. Her other children’s titles are The Stones Zoar Blue The Thunder-Pups Jericho: A Novel Susannah and Ravine. Her first book, The Valley of the Shadow, was published in 1974. Hickman wrote a number of books, most in the field of historical fiction for children and young adults. She also organized and co-chaired an annual conference dedicated to children’s literature for many years. She was a part-time instructor in children`s literature at Ohio State University from 1968 until 1973 and retired as a Professor of Education in 2005. Janet Hickman began her career in 1961 as a junior high school teacher in Whitehall, Ohio, a position in which she served until 1964. She married John Hickman in 1961, and the couple had two children, John H.

Janet Hickman was born Janet Gephart, daughter of Bernard Franklin and Pauline (Williams) Gephart, in Kilbourne, Ohio, in 1940.

Susannah by Janet Hickman