The Logan Family Saga (Relié)

Mildred D. Taylor was born in Mississippi and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After her graduation from the University of Toledo, she served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia before receiving a master's degree in journalism at the University of Colorado. Her first book, Song of the Trees, received the Council on Interracial Books award ; her second, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, was the winner of the Newbery Medal and a National Book Award finalist.
Two other novels about the Logan family followed : Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis, as well as a prequel, The Land ; all three received the Coretta Scott King Award. Ms. Taylor is also the author of The Friendship, her fourth Coretta Scott King winner ; The Well ; The Gold Cadillac ; and Mississippi Bridge. Mildred D. Taylor comes from a family of storytellers, and the stories she heard growing up form the basis for her books about this proud and loving family.
Ms. Taylor lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, on what she describes as "the family ranch."