Gerald Andrews Hausman is a storyteller

Storyteller

- Films and television :* Narradores de Javé , a 2003 Brazilian film by Eliane Caffé* The Storyteller , a 2009 American horror film* The Storyteller, a 1988 television series by Jim Henson...

 and award-winning author

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 of books about Native America, animals, mythology, and West Indian culture. Hausman comes from a long line of storytellers and educators, and has published over seventy books for both children and adults.

Biography

Born in Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

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, to engineer father Sidney Hausman and mother Dorothy "Little" Hausman, Gerald grew up in New Jersey

New Jersey

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 and Massachusetts

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 before moving to New Mexico

New Mexico

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 for college. Along with brother, Sid Hausman, a songwriter, entertainer and artist, Hausman attended New Mexico Highlands University

New Mexico Highlands University

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 in Las Vegas, New Mexico

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, where he obtained his B.A. in English Literature.

After graduation, Hausman married Loretta "Lorry" Wright and moved to Lenox, Massachusetts

Lenox, Massachusetts

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, where he taught creative writing and English at the Windsor Mountain School

Windsor Mountain School

The Windsor Mountain School was a coeducational boarding high school in Lenox, Massachusetts.The school was established in Lenox in 1944 by German Jewish educational reformer Max Bondy and his wife Gertrude Bondy. The Bondys had earlier established an international school in Germany, initially in...

. He also founded, with his wife Lorry and David Silverstein, The Bookstore Press, which published some of the first paperback books for children. These included such authors as Ruth Krauss

Ruth Krauss

Ruth Krauss was an author of children's books, one of the most well known being The Carrot Seed, and an author of theatrical poems for an adult audience. Many of her books are still in print....

, Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak

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, Crockett Johnson

Crockett Johnson

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, Aram Saroyan

Aram Saroyan

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 and Paul Metcalf

Paul Metcalf

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. In 1977, Gerald and Lorry moved to Tesuque, New Mexico

Tesuque, New Mexico

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, where they lived for seventeen years, raising two daughters, Hannah and Mariah.

During this time, Hausman worked as poetry teacher, editor, publisher and English teacher at Santa Fe Preparatory School

Santa Fe Preparatory School

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 in nearby Santa Fe

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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, going on to found the Blue Harbour School of Creative Writing on the former estate of playwright Noel Coward

Noël Coward

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 in Port Maria

Port Maria

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, Jamaica

Jamaica

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. He has also served as poet-in-residence at Central Connecticut State College. In addition, he worked as a poet in the schools in the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Pittsfield, Massachusetts

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.

Hausman’s most recent works include The Boy From Nine Miles: The Early Life of Bob Marley, illustrated by daughter Mariah Fox and co-authored with Cedella Marley

Cedella Marley

Cedella Marley is daughter of reggae artist Bob Marley and Rita Marley. She played in her brothers' group Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers....

, the daughter of late musician Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

; The Image Taker: The Selected Stories and Photographs of Edward S. Curtis

Edward S. Curtis

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with a foreword by Joe Medicine Crow

Joe Medicine Crow

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; and Timeswimmer, the story of a young Jamaican boy who befriends an ancient storytelling sea turtle

Sea turtle

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 named Odysseus.

Hausman has performed readings and storytellings throughout the United States and Europe, and is known for his lively and engaging style. He has also been a presenter for National Public Radio, History Channel, Haunted History: Caribbean, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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, Miami Book Fair International and American Library Association

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.

In 1994, Gerald and Lorry moved to Bokeelia, Florida

Bokeelia, Florida

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, on Pine Island, where they currently work and reside.

Awards

• Union College
  Union College
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   Poetry Prize, 1965 for Quebec Poems
• American Folklore Society
  American Folklore Society
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  , Aesop Accolade Award (Children's Section), 1995 for Duppy Talk: West Indian Tales of Mystery and Magic
• Notable Social Studies Book for Young people designation, Children's Book Council
  Children's Book Council
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   (CBC)/ National Council for the Social Studies
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  , 1996, and 1999, for Doctor Bird: Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica
• Pick of the Lists Selection, the American Booksellers Association
  American Booksellers Association
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   (ABA), 1999, for Dogs of Myth: Tales from around the World
• Bank Street College of Education
  Bank Street College of Education
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   Best Book Selection, 2000, for Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Seas and Cats of Myth: Tales from around the World
• Parents' Choice Award
  Parents' Choice Award
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   Silver Medal for NonFiction, designation, 2003
  
• New York Public Library
  New York Public Library
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   Best Book for the Teen Age designation, 2004 for Escape from Botany Bay
• National Council for the Social Studies
  National council for the social studies
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  /Children's Book Council
  Children's Book Council
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  , Best Book Designation, 2007, for A Mind With Wings

Fiction

• The Shivurrus Plant of Mopant, Giligia Press, 1968
• New Marlboro Stage, Giligia Press, 1968
• New Marlboro Stage, Bookstore Press, 1971
• Circle Meadow, Bookstore Press, 1972
• The Boy with the Sun Tree Bow, Berkshire Traveller, 1973
• Beth: The Little Girl of Pine Knoll, Bookstore Press, 1974
• Sitting on the Blue-Eyed Bear: Navajo Myths & Legends, Lawrence Hill, 1975
• Night Herding Song, Copper Canyon Press, 1979
• The Day the White Whales Came to Bangor, Cobblesmith Books, 1979
• No Witness, Stackpole Books, 1980
• Runners, Sunstone Press, 1984
• Meditations with Animals, Bear & Co., 1986
• Meditations with the Navajo, Bear & Co., 1989
• Stargazer, Lotus Press, 1989
• Turtle Dream, Mariposa, 1991
• Turtle Island Alphabet, St. Martin’s Press, 1992
• The Gift of the Gila Monster, Simon & Schuster, 1993
• Ghost Walk, Mariposa, 1993
• Tunkashila, St. Martin’s Press, 1993
• Turtle Island ABC, HarperCollins, 1994
• Duppy Talk, Simon & Schuster, 1994
• The Sun Horse, Lotus Press, 1995
• Coyote Walks on Two Legs, Philomel, 1995
• How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet, HarperCollins, 1995
• Doctor Moledinky’s Castle, Simon & Schuster, 1995
• Prayer to the Great Mystery, St. Martin’s Press, 1995
• Eagle Boy, HarperCollins, 1996
• Night Flight, Philomel, 1996
• The Kebra Nagast, St. Martin’s Press, 1997
• The Story of Blue Elk, Clarion, 1998
• Doctor Bird, Philomel, 1998
• The Coyote Bead, Hampton Roads, 1999
• Tom Cringle (Book One), Simon & Schuster, 2000
• Tom Cringle (Book Two), Simon & Schuster, 2001
• Castaways: Stories of Survival, Greenwillow, 2003
• Ghost Walk: Native American Tales of the Spirit, Irie Books, 2005
• Duppy Talk: West Indian Tales of Mystery & Magic, Irie Books, 2007
• How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet, Irie Books, 2008
• Doctor Bird: Three lookin’ Up Tales from Jamaica, Irie Books, 2008
• Time Swimmer, Macmillan Caribbean, 2009
• The Image Taker: The Selected Stories and Photographs of Edward S. Curtis, World Wisdom, 2009

Collaborations

• The Berkshire Anthology (with David Silverstein), Bookstore Press, 1972
• Wilderness (with Roger Zelazny
  Roger Zelazny
  Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for his The Chronicles of Amber series...
  
  ), Tor Books, 1994
• African American Alphabet (with Kelvin Rodriques), St. Martin’s Press, 1996
• The Jacob Ladder (with Uton Hinds), Orchard Books, 2001
• The Boy From Nine Miles, (with Cedella Marley), Hampton Roads, 2002
• 56 Thoughts From 56 Hope Road, (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books, 2002
• The Jacob Ladder (with Uton Hinds), Scholastic paperback, 2003
• 60 Visions (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books, 2005
• Three Little Birds (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books, 2006

By Gerald and Loretta Hausman

• The Pancake Book, Persea Books, 1975
• The Yogurt Book, Persea Books, 1976
• The Mythology of Dogs, St. Martin’s Press, 1997
• The Mythology of Dogs, Griffin paperback, 1998
• The Mythology of Cats, St. Martin’s Press, 1998
• The Mythology of Cats, Berkeley paperback, 2000
• Dogs of Myth, Simon & Schuster, 1999
• Dogs of Myth, Scholastic Book Club, 2001
• Cats of Myth, Simon & Schuster, 2000
• The Metaphysical Cat, Hampton Roads, 2001
• The Mythology of Horses, Three Rivers/Random House, 2003
• Escape From Botany Bay, Orchard/Scholastic, 2003
• Napoleon and Josephine, Orchard/Scholastic, 2004
• Horses of Myth, E.P. Dutton, 2005
• Henry David Thoreau, Shambhala/Random House, 2006
• The Healing Horse, Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Audio

• Stargazer (audio), Sunset, 1991
• Turtle Island Alphabet (audio), Sunset, 1992
• Navajo Nights (audio), Sunset, 1993
• Native American Animal Stories (audio), Sunset, 1993
• The Turquoise Horse (audio) Irie Books, 2006
• Drum Talk (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010
• Ghost Walk (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010
• Native American Animal Stories (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010
• Navajo Nights (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010
• Stargazer (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010
• The Turquoise Horse (audio), Speaking Volumes, 2010

External links

• http://www.geraldhausman.com/
• http://www.author-illustr-source.com/geraldhausman.htm
• http://www.staythirstymedia.com/201010-050/html/201010-american-storybag.html