Gerald Hausman

Gerald Andrews Hausman (born October 13, 1945) is a storyteller and award-winning author of books about Native America, animals, mythology, and West Indian culture. Hausman has published over seventy books for both children and adults.

Biography

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, to engineer father Sidney Hausman and mother Dorothy "Little" Hausman, Gerald grew up in New Jersey and Massachusetts before moving to New Mexico for college. Hausman attended New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he obtained his B.A. in English Literature.^[1]

After graduation, Hausman married Loretta "Lorry" Wright and moved to Lenox, Massachusetts, where he taught creative writing and English at the Windsor Mountain School.^{[citation needed]} The Hausmans, along with David Silverstein, founded The Bookstore Press, which published some of the first paperback books for children. These included such authors as Ruth Krauss, Maurice Sendak, Crockett Johnson, Aram Saroyan and Paul Metcalf.^{[citation needed]} In 1977, Gerald and Lorry moved to Tesuque, New Mexico, 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 in nearby Santa Fe, going on to found the Blue Harbour School of Creative Writing on the former estate of playwright Noël Coward in Port Maria, Jamaica.^[2] In addition, he worked as a poet in the schools in the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Starting with the 2002 publication The Boy From Nine Miles: The Early Life of Bob Marley, Hausmann has collaborated on five books co-authored with Cedella Marley, the daughter of late musician Bob Marley.^[3]

Hausman has performed readings and storytellings throughout the United States and Europe. He has also been a presenter for National Public Radio, History Channel, Haunted History: Caribbean, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Miami Book Fair International and American Library Association.

Awards

Union College Poetry Prize, 1965 for Quebec Poems
American Folklore Society, Aesop Accolade Award (Children's Section), 1995 for Duppy Talk: West Indian Tales of Mystery and Magic^[4]
Notable Social Studies Book for Young people designation, Children's Book Council (CBC)/ National Council for the Social Studies, 1996, and 1999, for Doctor Bird: Three Lookin' Up Tales from Jamaica
Pick of the Lists Selection, the American Booksellers Association (ABA), 1999, for Dogs of Myth: Tales from Around the World
Bank Street College of Education Best Book Selection, 2000, for Tom Cringle: Battle on the High Seas and Cats of Myth: Tales from around the World
Parents' Choice Award Silver Medal for NonFiction, designation, 2003^[5]
New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age designation, 2004 for Escape from Botany Bay
National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, Best Book Designation, 2007, for A Mind With Wings^[6]
Midwest Book Awards Children's Picture Books, Illustration: Graphic, and Total Book Design, USA Today Best Books Award, Foreword IndieFab Book of the Year in Picture Books, Early Reader, 2013, for "The Otter, The Spotted Frog and the Great Flood: A Creek Indian Story."

Works

Fiction

The Shivurrus Plant of Mopant, Giligia Press, 1968
New Marlboro Stage, Giligia Press, 1968 & 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), illustrated by Tad Hills, Simon & Schuster, 2000
Tom Cringle (Book Two), illustrated by Tad Hills, 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
Mermaids, Manatees and Bimini Blind Snakes: My Life on a Barrier Island, Irie Books, 2012
Rastafarian Children of Solomon: The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to Peace and Understanding, Bear & Co./Inner Traditions, 2013
The Otter, the Spotted Frog & The Great Flood: A Creek Indian Story, Wisdom Tales Press, 2013
Island Dreams: Selected Poems, Longhouse Publishers, 2015
Evil Chasing Way, Speaking Volumes, 2017
Hand Trembler, Speaking Volumes, 2018
Sungazer, Speaking Volumes, 2018
Little Miracles, Stay Thirsty Media, 2019

Digital

The American Storybag: A Collection of Tales, Stay Thirsty Media, 2010
Not Since Mark Twain, Stay Thirsty Media, 2012
Escape From Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Bryant, Irie Books, 2011
Wilderness: The Story of Mountain Men John Colter and Hugh Glass, Irie Books, 2011
All Is Beautiful All Around Me: Navajo Ways and Ceremonial Stories, Irie Books, 2011
The Mythology of Cats: Feline Legend and Lore Through the Ages, Irie Books, 2011
The Mythology of Dogs: Canine Legend and Lore Through the Ages, Irie Books, 2011
The Forbidden Ride: An Icelandic Love Story, Stay Thirsty Media, 2014
The Evil Chasing Way, Speaking Volumes, 2017
Hand Trembler, Speaking Volumes, 2018
Sungazer, Speaking Volumes, 2018

Collaborations with Loretta Hausman

The Pancake Book, Persea Books, 1975
The Yogurt Book, Persea Books, 1976
The Mythology of Dogs, St. Martin's Press, 1997 & Griffin paperback, 1998
The Mythology of Cats, St. Martin's Press, 1998 & Berkeley paperback, 2000
Dogs of Myth: Tales from Around the World (Illustrated by Barry Moser), Simon & Schuster, 1999
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
A Mind with Wings: The Story of Henry David Thoreau, Shambhala/Random House, 2006
The Healing Horse, Houghton Mifflin, 2006

Other collaborations

The Berkshire Anthology (with David Silverstein), Bookstore Press, 1972
Wilderness (with Roger Zelazny), 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, 2003
60 Visions (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books, 2005
Three Little Birds (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books, 2006
Floating Stone: 21 Thoughts of Kenji Miyazawa,with Kenji Okuhira, Irie Books, 2012
The Future Is The Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley (with Cedella Marley), Tuff Gong Books/Harmony, 2012
Guns, Edited by Gerald Hausman, Speaking Volumes, 2016