She won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for Homeless Bird - the story of a young woman in India abandoned by her mother-in-law. She has also written stories set in exotic places like China and India. Gloria Whelan has written several works of fiction for children and adults, many set in rural Michigan. This experience inspired Gloria Whelan to write her children's novel, A Clearing in the Forest in 1978, which was about a boy working on an oilrig. Because she did not own the mineral rights, the drilling proceeded. She soon became tired of Detroit's hectic pace and moved to a cabin in northern Michigan.This peace was disrupted by an oil company 's desire to drill on her property. She began working as a social worker in Minneapolis and Detroit. She attended the University of Michigan and earned her B.S.degree and M.S.W. She then went on to writing poetry and later editing her high school newspaper. She dictated stories to her sister who would then type them. She took a strong interest in reading early in life when she was bedridden for a year with rheumatic fever. Gloria Whelans other titles in the Tales of Young Americans series include Friend on Freedom. Gloria Whelan was born on Novemin Detroit, Michigan.
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