Crescent Dragonwagon
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Crescent Dragonwagon (born Ellen Zolotow November 25, 1952) is the author of more than 40 published books: many books for children (including a Coretta Scott King Award-winner and a Reading Rainbow selection), two novels (one a New York Times Notable), several cookbooks (Passionate Vegetarian is a 2003 James Beard Award-winner), and one book of poetry. She and her late husband, Ned Shank, owned Dairy Hollow House, a country inn and restaurant in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where she lived for more than 30 years. She later co-founded the non-profit Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow. She now lives in southeastern Vermont, not far from the village of Saxtons River. She is the daughter of two noted writers: Hollywood biographer Maurice Zolotow and children's book writer and editor Charlotte Zolotow.
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[edit] Books
[edit] Cookbooks
- The Commune Cookbook (1972) ISBN 0-671-21152-8
- The Bean Book (1972) ISBN 0-911104-16-X
- Dairy Hollow House Cookbook (1986) ISBN 0-02-533440-9
- Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook (1992) ISBN 0-89480-751-X, nominated for both the James Beard and IACP Awards
- Passionate Vegetarian (2002) ISBN 0-7611-2825-5, Winner, James Beard Award
- The Cornbread Gospels (2007) ISBN 0-7611-1916-7
[edit] Children's books
- When Light Turns into Night (1975) ISBN 0-06-021740-5
- Will It Be Okay? (1977) ISBN 0-06-021738-3
- Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast (1985) ISBN 0-7857-0010-2
- Half a Moon and One Whole Star (1986) ISBN 0-689-71415-7
- This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned (1989) ISBN 0-689-82353-3
- Winter Holding Spring (1990) ISBN 0-02-733122-9
- Alligators and Others All Year Long (1993)
- Annie Flies the Birthday Bike (1993)
- Brass Button (1997)
- Bat in the Dining Room (1997)
- And Then It Rained / And Then the Sun Came (2002)
- Sack of Potatoes (2002)
[edit] Novels
- The Year It Rained (1985) ISBN 0-02-733110-5
- To Take A Dare (1982), co-authored with Paul Zindel
