Amy Hill Hearth

American Writer Specializing in Historical Fiction, Biographies, and Oral Histories. 117-Week New York Times Bestselling Author with the Delany Sisters of the oral history book Having Our Say. Honors include a Peabody Award, two American Library Association Notable Books, and the Septima Clark "Women in Literature" Award from the National Council for the Social Studies.

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My Word of the Year for 2017

January 6, 2017

A friend just posted that her personal word for the new year is “confidence.”

I’m not sure if she’s feeling confident or hoping that she will. Either way, that would not be my word for 2017. Read More