PUBLICATIONS
Ann has written for many publishers including Franklin Watts, Marshall Editions (for National Geographic), Dorling Kindersley, Kingfisher, and Diagram Visual Information (for Facts on File). Many of her children's books meet KS2 and KS3 curriculum requirements but most are for the international market as are her adult books.
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Ann's books include:
• Land Girls and their Impact (Pen & Sword). Using interviews with former land girls, this book describes the impact of the Women’s Land Army during World War 2, and looks at the discrimination faced by many women.
• Sussex Women (Snake River Press): biographies of 30 well-known and less well-known women associated with Sussex.
• Woman's Body: An Owner's Manual (Paddington Press). Sold more than half a million copies worldwide, and was translated into more than 100 languages, including Japanese Braille.
• Many Rivers to Cross: an oral history of Caribbean nurses in the NHS (Department of Health), launched to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the end of the slave trade.
• Anne Frank, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Nelson Mandela: three biographies in a series for National Geographic. Aimed at 10-12 year-olds, the books focus on the early lives of the personalities.
• Women and War WW1 (Franklin Watts) Written for 10-16-year-olds, it describes women's experiences in World War I — at work, on the land, in the family. It is international and includes the women's peace movement and their meeting at The Hague.
• Women in History (Facts on File): a book and CD resource for students and teachers, the publication is divided into seven historical periods and looks at the legal, marital, family, working and other social and political aspects of women's lives through time and place.
• Women and Politics (Wayland): looks at the history of the women's movement from its earliest beginnings through to the 1980s. Featured on www.womeninworldhistory.com
• How They Lived: A Suffragette (Wayland): Written for 8-year-olds, the book looks at the daily lives of suffragettes: their protests and beliefs, their life at home and work, and their prison experiences.
• Victorians (Dorling Kindersley): covers daily lives and achievements of the Victorians, including the coming of the railways, family life, working lives, the Great Exhibition, schooling, social reform and the role of women.
• Behind the News: Human Rights: Who Decides? (Harcourt Global Education) Explores key human rights issues — from Guantánamo Bay to women's rights — using prime sources (newspapers). Gives opposing views and asks the reader to decide.
• Black Peoples of America (Franklin Watts). The history of black American from African roots through to the 21st century. Includes slavery, civil war, civil rights, Black Nationalism and black power.
BOOKS
Ann has written on social history, politics, current affairs, health and sport but particularly women's history. Her books include biographies of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Anne Frank, accounts of women’s experiences during World Wars 1 and 2, a world history of women from earliest times to the present day, and books on the Victorians and suffragettes. She has also written on black history and Nelson Mandela. She co-authored a successful book on running for women and produced a ground-breaking book on women’s health, Woman’s Body: An Owner’s Manual.
Ann has recently completed a book on the Women’s Land Army, one on Sussex women, an oral history of Caribbean health workers in the NHS, and a young person’s book on Human Rights. In 2008 the Association of Jewish Libraries in America named her biography of Anne Frank a ‘notable book for older readers’. Ann is currently working on a series of children's book about World War Two, and a book on women wartime spies.
ANN KRAMER is an experienced writer who has written or contributed to more than 40 non-fiction titles for children and adults. Her books cover a range of subject areas but she specialises in history, particularly women's history. She was born in London and attended grammar school but left as soon as possible to work and travel. She entered publishing as an editorial researcher, then went freelance as a writer and editor. During the 1980s she took time off to achieve an honours degree in history as a mature student at Sussex University. She specialised in women's history, focusing on feminist newspapers and Josephine Butler, a Victorian campaigner. During the 1980s she held various editorial posts but has been a full-time writer for the last 16 years.
CONTACT
Ann Kramer
201 Priory Road
Hastings UK
TN34 3JB
Tel: 01424 429795
Mobile: 07904 777476
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ANN KRAMER: NON-FICTION WRITER
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
During the 1980s Ann worked in-house for various publishers, including Gaia Books, where she contributed to the Gaia Peace Atlas, and Dorling Kindersley. Between 1988-1990, she was the senior editor on the highly acclaimed DK Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia, planning editorial content and text style as well as co-ordinating the editorial team and liaising with designers, authors, illustrators and sales teams. The Encyclopedia was short-listed for the Smarties prize and went on to sell well over three million copies worldwide. She later acted as editorial consultant on Dorling Kindersley's Millennium Family Encyclopedia.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
As well as being a writer, Ann is also a qualified adult education and basic skills tutor. Having been a mature student herself, she is committed to enabling others to learn and rectify any gaps in their education. She has tutored for the Workers Educational Association (WEA) delivering courses on women's history and politics, and has tutored literacy courses for adults.
PERSONAL AND FAMILY
ANN works from her home on the south coast, which she shares with two goldfish and her partner, Marcus, a musician and writer. She has one daughter, Sarah, who is currently living and working in Australia. Ann is a feminist and anti-war activist.
