Ralph j fletcher biography

Ralph Fletcher (born March 17, ) is a writer of children's picture books, young-adult fiction, and poetry as well as books for both children and teachers on the art of writing.

Biography

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Ralph Fletcher grew up in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He is the oldest of nine children.^[1] Each of his parents were one of eight children.^[2]He got his B.A.

degree from Dartmouth College in and his M.F.A degree in writing from Columbia University in ^[3] In college he studied in Tonga in the South Pacific and Sierra Leone, South Africa. After getting his masters degree, Ralph worked in New York City classrooms as part of the Teacher College writing project.^[2] Fletcher now lives in Lee, New Hampshire.^[3] He is married to JoAnn Portalupi, with her he has written several books for teachers.^[4] Together they have four sons.^[1]

Awards

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His young adult novel Un