Kathleen Thompson

Kathleen Thompson has been a writer for 40 years. She is the author of the feminist classic Against Rape, co-written with Andra Medea, and the first narrative history of black women in America, A Shining Thread of Hope, co-written with Darlene Clark Hine. She is also an award-winning playwright and the author of hundreds of children's books, including volumes for both the Hispanic Biographies series and the Portraits of America series. In addition she has worked in the field of educational publishing since 1975 and was a founder of the educational development house Sense and Nonsense.