About the Author

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Virginia Frances Schwartz est native de l'Ontario. Elle a enseign? ? New York pendant 25 ans. Elle se consacre aujourd'hui ? l'?criture de romans historiques pour jeunes adultes et donne des ateliers de cr?ation litt?raire. Ses livres, dont plusieurs ont ?t? prim?s, ont fait l'objet de nombreuses critiques ?logieuses. Virginia Frances Schwatrz was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario, and later moved to the U.S., where she taught public school for 25 years. She is the author of the award-winning If I Just Had Two Wings and Send One Angel Down. Of Crossing to Freedom, Virginia says: "My intent in writing is to discover the human voice of the first generation of former slaves... What was the price they paid for being a fugitive for many months?" Virginia lives in Great Neck, New York.