Hamilton, Carol
Biography
She was Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995-97 and received the Oklahoma Book Award for a chapbook of poetry, ONCE THE DUST, in 1992. She received a Southwest Book Award in 1988 for a children’s novel, THE DAWN SEEKERS and a Cherubim Award for another children’s novel, THE MYSTERY OF BLACK MESA. Other published books are, LEGENDS OF POLAND, LEGERDEMAIN (Finalist for Oklahoma Book Award, 2001), DESERTS, DRY PLACES AND OTHER ARIDITIES, DARING THE WIND, BREAKING BREAD, BREAKING SILENCE (Winner of the Chiron Chapbook Award, 2000); GOLD: GREATEST HITS( Pudding House Invitational Series); I, PEOPLE OF THE LLANO and a new children's novel, I'M NOT FROM NEPTUNE, and VANISHING POINT (Editor's Choice Chapbook from Main Street Rag Press. Recent releases from Finishing Line Press are SHOTS ON and CONTRAPUNTAL, both finalists for Oklahoma Book Award. New poetry chapbooks are UMBERTO ECO LOST HIS GUN from Pudding House, Finalist for Oklahoma Book Award, MASTER OF THEATER: PETER THE GREAT from Finishing Line Press, LEXICOGRAPHY from March Street Press.