William Anderson (American writer)
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| Born | 1952 (age 72–73) |
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| Nationality | American |
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William Anderson (born 1952) is an American author, educator and lecturer.
His interest in American frontier began after reading Little House on the Prairie.[1] While attending Albion College as an undergraduate student majoring in English and History[2] he worked for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society in DeSmet, South Dakota.[3] He is a director of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum in Mansfield, Missouri and is a board member of the Wilder Home Association[4] which runs the museum.[5] He works as a teacher in Michigan.[6]
His many recognitions for writing include the Western History Association's Billington Award,[7] the Robinson award of the South Dakota State Historical Society,[8] National Endowment for the Humanities awards and National Council for the Social Studies.[citation needed] In September 2002, he was invited to the White House for the third of Laura Bush's American Authors Symposia. The First Lady, a former teacher, and librarian assembled scholars, authors, and historians for a conference on the frontier experience.
