Sharon Bell Mathis
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Mathis was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1] She started writing at an early age, and her love of reading was fostered by her parents. Her mother, a poet, encouraged her to write.[3][1] In 1958, she earned a degree in Sociology from Morgan State College and, in 1975, went on to earn a master's in Library Science from the Catholic University of America.[1]