Zeinert, Karen
ZEINERT, Karen
ZEINERT, Karen. American, b. 1942. Genres: Young adult fiction, Young adult non-fiction. Career: English/social studies teacher in Oshkosh, Neenah, and Hortonville, WI, 1960-74; buyer of teaching aids and materials for Appleton School Suppliers, 1979-81; freelance writer, 1981-. Publications: All about Chinchillas, 1986; The Salem Witchcraft Trials, 1989; The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1993; Those Incredible Women of World War II, 1994; Free Speech, 1995; Elizabeth Van Lew: Southern Belle, Union Spy, 1995; Victims of Teen Violence, 1996; Those Remarkable Women of the Revolution, 1996; The Ancient Persians, 1996; Wisconsin, 1997; Cults, 1997; The Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition, 1997; Those Courageous Women of the Civil War, 1998; The McCarthy Era and the Fear of Communism, 1999; The Lincoln Murder Plot, 1999; Suicide: Tragic Choice, 1999; The Valiant Women of the Vietnam War, 2000; To Touch the Stars, 2000. EDITOR: Andrew Sherburne: Patriot and Privateer, 1993; Captured by the Indians: The Narrative of Mary Jemison, 1995; Across the Plains in the Donner Party, 1996. FORTHCOMING: Tragic Prelude; Those Extraordinary Women of World War I; Women in American Politics. Contributor to children's magazines. Address: 2699 Wrenwood Ln, Neenah, WI 54956, U.S.A.