Biography of alice faye duncan books

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Alice Faye Duncan is an American writer and librarian. She is known as the author of children's non-fiction.

Among the themes she deals with in her writings, civil liberties and human rights occupy the important place.

Background

Alice Faye Duncan was born on July 31, 1967, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

She is an only daughter of Kenneth L. Duncan, a high school teacher, and Earline W. Duncan, an elementary school teacher.

A child of teachers, she was raised in the atmosphere of curiosity and learning. Duncan was fascinated by poetry reading such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks.

Biography of alice faye duncan books

Education

Alice Faye Duncan studied at the University of Memphis. She was in Children's Literature Class of a professor Ramona Mahood who recommended Duncan to read Charles Turner. His writing later became a source of inspiration for her first boo