Amy Butler Greenfield
Author of A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
According to note in LC authority record for Amy Butler Greenfield " E-mail from author, Feb. 8, 2005 (worried about marketing and mis-shelving issues my publishers had concerns about using the same name for adult nonfiction books (like "A Perfect Red") & fiction for young children (like "Virginia Bound"); so we went with "Amy Butler" for the childrens’ novels and "Amy Butler Greenfield" for the nonfiction adult books)"
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Works by Amy Butler Greenfield
A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (2005) 749 copies, 13 reviews
The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life (2021) 91 copies, 4 reviews
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- Legal name
- Butler, Amy
- Birthdate
- 1968-12-21
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
England, UK - Education
- Williams College
Marshall Scholar at Oxford
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Occupations
- author
- Awards and honors
- Beacon of Freedom Award Winner (2008)
Virginia Reader’s Choice Finalist (2006-2007)
Young Hoosier Book Award Finalist (2005-2006)
Julia Ward Howe Prize Finalist (2004)
Best Children's Books of the Year Selection, Bank Street College of Education (2003) - Short biography
- Amy Butler Greenfield was born in Philadelphia, she grew up in the Adirondacks, and she studied imperial Spain, the ancient Americas, and Renaissance Europe as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford. She now lives with her husband near Boston, where she writes award-winning books about history and adventure for both children and adults.
- Disambiguation notice
- According to note in LC authority record for Amy Butler Greenfield " E-mail from author, Feb. 8, 2005 (worried about marketing and mis-shelving issues my publishers had concerns about using the same name for adult nonfiction books (like "A Perfect Red") & fiction for young children (like "Virginia Bound"); so we went with "Amy Butler" for the childrens’ novels and "Amy Butler Greenfield" for the nonfiction adult books)"
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but for some reason, this is my second start to this book and.....it just is not drawing me in. Luckily, this time, I had a long very easy going weekend and was able to push through and finish it, but it lacked depth and draw and....honestly, the characters were a little annoying as well.
This may be because I think this focuses on a lower aged audience than I typically read. Either way, this just wasn't something I enjoyed.… (more)