McKissack, Pat, 1944- (Personal Name)

Her Ask the kids, c1981: CIP t.p. (Patricia C. McKissack) bk. t.p. (Pat McKissack) CIP data sheet (b. 8/9/44)

Her Who is who? 1983: CIP t.p. (Patricia McKissack)

Her My Bible ABC book, c1987: t.p. (Patricia McKissack) p. 4 of cover (free-lance writer in St. Louis, Mo.)

Contemp. auth., v. 118, c1986 (McKissack, Patricia (L'Ann) C(arwell); under name of L'Ann Carwell wrote 3 children's books)

Wikipedia, Nov. 29, 2012 (born August 9, 1944 in Smyrna, Tennessee; American children's writer who often collaborates with her husband, Frederick; has also worked as a teacher; lives in Chesterfield, [a suburb of] St. Louis, Missouri with her husband)

University of Minnesota: voices from the gap, via WWW, Nov. 29, 2012 (B.A., English, Tennessee State University, 1964; Masters, Early Childhood Literature, Webster University, 1975; taught, edited children's books, became a full-time writer of nonfiction and fiction, largely about African Americans and their cultural experiences and histories)