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Born	Ellen Zolotow; November 25, 1952 (age 72); New York City, US
Occupation	Author
Genre	Cookbooks; Children's literature
Spouse	Mark Graff (2019–present); Ned Shank (1978–2000, until his death); Mark Parsons (1970–1975);
Partner	David R. Koff (until his death in 2014)
Relatives	Charlotte Zolotow (mother); Maurice Zolotow (father); Steve Zolotow (brother)

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Crescent Dragonwagon (née Ellen Zolotow, November 25, 1952, New York City) is a multigenre writer. She has written fifty books, including two novels, seven cookbooks and culinary memoirs, more than twenty children's books, a biography, and a collection of poetry. In addition, she has written for magazines including The New York Times Book Review, Lear's, Cosmopolitan, McCall's, and The Horn Book.^[5]

Dragonwagon is the daughter of the writers Charlotte and Maurice Zolotow and sister of professional poker player Steve Zolotow.^[6] Although many of her cookbooks include non-vegetarian recipes, she has been a vegetarian since the age of 22.^[7]

Dragonwagon and her late husband, Ned Shank, owned Dairy Hollow House, a country inn and restaurant in the Ozark Mountain community of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Dragonwagon later co-founded the non-profit Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, and was active in the cultural and literary life of Arkansas throughout the 31 years she lived in the state full-time.^[3]

Awards and nominations

Dragonwagon's tenth children's book, Half a Moon and One Whole Star, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and published in 1986, was the winner of a Coretta Scott King Award, as well as a Reading Rainbow Selection. In 1991, she won Arkansas' Porter Prize.


Year	Awards and nominations	Book
2003	Won: James Beard Foundation Award: Vegetarian/Healthy Focus	Passionate Vegetarian (2002)^[8]
1993	Nominated: James Beard Foundation Award: Americana	The Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook (1992)^[8]

Books

Biography

Dragonwagon, Crescent (1977). Stevie Wonder. Flash Books. ISBN 0-8256-3908-5.

Cookbooks

The Commune Cookbook. Simon & Schuster. 1972. ISBN 0-671-21152-8.
The Bean Book. Workman Pub. 1972. ISBN 0-911104-16-X.
Putting Up Stuff for the Cold Time: Canning, Preserving & Pickling for Those New to the Art or Not (1973)
The Dairy Hollow House Cookbook (1986)
Dragonwagon, Crescent (1992). Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook. Workman. ISBN 0-89480-751-X., Nominee, 1993 James Beard Awards, Americana.^[9]
Passionate Vegetarian (2002), Winner, 2003 James Beard Award, Vegetarian/Healthy Focus^[9]
The Cornbread Gospels (2007)
Bean by Bean: A Cookbook (2011)

Children's books

Rainy Day Together (Harper & Row, 1971), as by Ellen Parsons, children's picture book illustrated by Lillian Hoban
When Light Turns into Night (1975), ISBN 0-06-021740-5
Wind Rose (1976) ISBN 0-06-021741-3 (with Ronald Himler)
Will It Be Okay? (1977), ISBN 0-06-021738-3
Your Owl Friend (1977), ISBN 0-06-021731-6, picture book illus. Ruth Lercher Bornstein
If You Call My Name (1981), ISBN 0-06-021744-8, picture book illus. David Palladini
"Katie in the Morning" (1983), ISBN 0-06-021729-4, picture book illus. Betsy A. Day
I Hate My Brother Harry (1983)
Always, Always (1984), ISBN 0-02-733080-X
Coconut (1984) ISBN 0-06-021759-6, picture book illus. Nancy Tafuri
Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast (1985) ISBN 0-7857-0010-2
Half a Moon and One Whole Star (1986), ISBN 0-689-71415-7, picture book illus. Jerry Pinkney
This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned (1989), ISBN 0-689-82353-3
Home Place (1990), ISBN 978-0-027331-905, picture book illus. Jerry Pinkney
Winter Holding Spring (1990), ISBN 0-02-733122-9
Alligators and Others All Year Long (1993)
Annie Flies the Birthday Bike (1993)
Brass Button (1997)
Bat in the Dining Room (1997)
And Then It Rained / And Then the Sun Came Out (2002)
Sack of Potatoes (2002)
All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep (2012)

Novels

The Year It Rained (1985) ISBN 0-02-733110-5
To Take A Dare (1982) (co-authored with the late Paul Zindel)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c REX NELSON: Dragonwagon cooks
^ ^a ^b "Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread". The University of Arkansas Press. July 18, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Crescent Dragonwagon (1952–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
^ Campbell, Duncan (March 13, 2014). "David Koff obituary". The Guardian.
^ Dragonwagon, Crescent (November 26, 2012). "Over and Over". The Horn Book.
^ Fox, Margalit (November 19, 2013). "Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children's Real Issues, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
^ Krasner, Deborah. (2004). Wholesome Menus From the Passionate Vegetarian. Vegetarian Times . Issue 318. pp. 45–46.
^ ^a ^b "James Beard Awards: Cresent Dragonwagon". James Beard Foundation Award. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
^ ^a ^b James Beard Foundation Awards: Crescent Dragonwagon

External links

Official website
Official Biography
Crescent Dragonwagon at Library of Congress Authorities — with 40 catalog records

[cooks-1] REX NELSON: Dragonwagon cooks

[announce-2] "Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of the 30th Anniversary Edition of Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread". The University of Arkansas Press. July 18, 2022.

[EA-3] "Crescent Dragonwagon (1952–)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.

[4] Campbell, Duncan (March 13, 2014). "David Koff obituary". The Guardian.

[5] Dragonwagon, Crescent (November 26, 2012). "Over and Over". The Horn Book.

[6] Fox, Margalit (November 19, 2013). "Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children's Real Issues, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved November 23, 2013.

[7] Krasner, Deborah. (2004). Wholesome Menus From the Passionate Vegetarian. Vegetarian Times . Issue 318. pp. 45–46.

[jba-8] "James Beard Awards: Cresent Dragonwagon". James Beard Foundation Award. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

[jb-9] James Beard Foundation Awards: Crescent Dragonwagon

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 '''Crescent Dragonwagon''' ([[née]] '''Ellen Zolotow''', November 25, 1952, [[New York City]]) is a multigenre writer. She has written fifty books, including two novels, seven [[cookbook]]s and culinary memoirs, more than twenty children's books, a biography, and a collection of poetry. In addition, she has written for magazines including ''[[The New York Times Book Review]]'', ''[[Lear's]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[McCall's]]'', and ''[[The Horn Book Magazine|The Horn Book]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/authors-illustrators/over-and-over/| title=Over and Over| first=Crescent |last=Dragonwagon| date=November 26, 2012| website=The Horn Book}}</ref>
+Dragonwagon is the daughter of the writers [[Charlotte Zolotow|Charlotte]] and [[Maurice Zolotow]] and sister of professional poker player [[Steve Zolotow]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/books/charlotte-zolotow-whose-books-tackled-childrens-real-life-issues-dies-at-98.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 |title=Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children's Real Issues, Dies at 98 |access-date=2013-11-23 |last= Fox |first= Margalit |author-link=Margalit Fox|date= 2013-11-19|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Although many of her cookbooks include non-vegetarian recipes, she has been a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] since the age of 22.<ref>Krasner, Deborah. (2004). ''Wholesome Menus From the Passionate Vegetarian''. ''[[Vegetarian Times]]'' . Issue 318. pp. 45–46.</ref>
-==Early Life==
-Dragonwagon is the daughter of the writers [[Charlotte Zolotow|Charlotte]] and [[Maurice Zolotow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/books/charlotte-zolotow-whose-books-tackled-childrens-real-life-issues-dies-at-98.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0 |title=Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children's Real Issues, Dies at 98 |access-date=2013-11-23 |last= Fox |first= Margalit |date= 2013-11-19|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
+Dragonwagon and her late husband, [[Ned Shank]], owned [[Dairy Hollow House]], a country inn and restaurant in the Ozark Mountain community of [[Eureka Springs, Arkansas]]. Dragonwagon later co-founded the non-profit Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, and was active in the cultural and literary life of Arkansas throughout the 31 years she lived in the state full-time.<ref name=EA>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/crescent-dragonwagon-2969/|title=Crescent Dragonwagon (1952–)|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>
-Dragonwagon has been a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] since the age of 22.<ref>Krasner, Deborah. (2004). ''Wholesome Menus From the Passionate Vegetarian''. ''[[Vegetarian Times]]'' . Issue 318. pp. 45-46</ref>
+==Awards and nominations==
-==Career==
+Dragonwagon's tenth children's book, ''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'', illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and published in 1986, was the winner of a [[Coretta Scott King Award]], as well as a [[Reading Rainbow]] Selection. In 1991, she won Arkansas' [[Porter Prize]].
-In 2002, she authored a vegetarian cookbook, ''Passionate Vegetarian'', which won a [[James Beard Foundation Award]].<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781563057113 "Passionate Vegetarian"]. publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 22 February 2023.</ref>
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-Dragonwagon and her late husband, [[Ned Shank]], owned [[Dairy Hollow House]], a country inn and restaurant in the Ozark Mountain community of [[Eureka Springs, Arkansas]]. Dragonwagon later co-founded the non-profit Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow, and was active in the cultural and literary life of Arkansas throughout the 31 years she lived in the state full-time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/crescent-dragonwagon-2969/|title=Crescent Dragonwagon (1952–)|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref> Her husband was the filmmaker-activist [[David R. Koff]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBPW6IODlSUC&dq=ned+shank+obituary+arkansas&pg=PR7|title=A Capital Idea: An Illustrated History of the Capital Hotel|first=Steven B.|last=Weintz|date=November 17, 2002|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|via=Google Books|isbn=9781557287274}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/13/david-koff|title=David Koff obituary|first=Duncan|last=Campbell|date=March 13, 2014|work=The Guardian}}</ref>
+|+
+|-
-==Awards==
+! Year !! Awards and nominations !! Book
+|-
-Dragonwagon's tenth children's book, ''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'', illustrated by Jerry Pinkney and published in 1986, was the winner of a [[Coretta Scott King Award]], as well as a [[Reading Rainbow]] Selection. In 1991 she won Arkansas' [[Porter Prize]].
+| 2003 ||'''Won:''' [[James Beard Foundation Award: 2000s|James Beard Foundation Award: Vegetarian/Healthy Focus]] ||''Passionate Vegetarian'' (2002)<ref name=jba>{{cite web
+|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=Crescent+Dragonwagon
-In 2003, Dragonwagon's cookbook ''Passionate Vegetarian'' won the James Beard book award in the category "Vegetarian/Healthy Focus".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?categories%5BBook%5D=1&ranks%5BWinner%5D=1&year=2003&keyword=|title=James Beard Foundation Awards Search}}</ref>
+|title=James Beard Awards: Cresent Dragonwagon
+|access-date=December 12, 2023
+|date=
+|work=[[James Beard Foundation Award]]
+}}</ref>
+|-
+| 1993 ||''Nominated:'' [[James Beard Foundation Award: 1990s|James Beard Foundation Award: Americana]] ||''The Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook'' (1992)<ref name=jba/>
+|}
 ==Books==
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 ===Biography===
-*{{cite book|title=Stevie Wonder |year=1977 |isbn= 0-8256-3908-5|last1=Dragonwagon |first1=Crescent }}
+*{{cite book|title=Stevie Wonder |year=1977 |isbn= 0-8256-3908-5|last1=Dragonwagon |first1=Crescent |publisher=Flash Books }}
 ===Cookbooks===
-*{{cite book|last=Dragonwagon |first=Crescent |date=1972 |title=The Commune Cookbook |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=0-671-21152-8}}
+*{{cite book|date=1972 |title=The Commune Cookbook |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=0-671-21152-8}}
-*{{cite book|last=Dragonwagon |first=Crescent |date=1972 |title=The Bean Book |publisher=Workman Pub. |isbn=0-911104-16-X}}
+*{{cite book|date=1972 |title=The Bean Book |publisher=Workman Pub. |isbn=0-911104-16-X}}
 * ''Putting Up Stuff for the Cold Time: Canning, Preserving & Pickling for Those New to the Art or Not'' (1973)
-*''Dairy Hollow House Cookbook'', 1992
+*''The Dairy Hollow House Cookbook'' (1986)
-*{{cite book|title=Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook |year=1992 |isbn=0-89480-751-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dairyhollowhouse0000drag |last=Dragonwagon |first=Crescent}}, nominated for both the James Beard and IACP Awards
+*{{cite book|title=Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread: A Country Inn Cookbook |year=1992 |isbn=0-89480-751-X |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dairyhollowhouse0000drag |last1=Dragonwagon |first1=Crescent |publisher=Workman }}, Nominee, 1993 James Beard Awards, Americana.<ref name=jb>[https://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/search?year=&keyword=Crescent+Dragonwagon James Beard Foundation Awards: Crescent Dragonwagon]</ref>
-*''Passionate Vegetarian'' (2002), Winner, [[James_Beard_Foundation_Award:_2000s#2003_awards| 2003 James Beard Award, Vegetarian/Healthy Focus]]
+*''Passionate Vegetarian'' (2002), Winner, [[James Beard Foundation Award: 2000s#2003 awards|2003 James Beard Award, Vegetarian/Healthy Focus]]<ref name=jb/>
 *''The Cornbread Gospels'' (2007)
 *''Bean by Bean: A Cookbook'' (2011)
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 ===Children's books===
 * ''Rainy Day Together'' ([[Harper & Row]], 1971), as by Ellen Parsons, children's [[picture book]] illustrated by [[Lillian Hoban]]<!--http://lccn.loc.gov/72135781 ; Ext link identifies Parsons as Zolotow/Dragonwagon -->
-*''When Light Turns into Night'' (1975) {{ISBN|0-06-021740-5}}
+*''When Light Turns into Night'' (1975), {{ISBN|0-06-021740-5}}
 *''Wind Rose'' (1976) {{ISBN|0-06-021741-3}} (with Ronald Himler)
-*''Will It Be Okay?'' (1977) {{ISBN|0-06-021738-3}}
+*''Will It Be Okay?'' (1977), {{ISBN|0-06-021738-3}}
-* ''Your Owl Friend'' (1977) {{ISBN|0-06-021731-6}}, picture book illus. [[Ruth Lercher Bornstein]] <!-- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?55813 32pp; illustrator missing, presume not the writer-->
+* ''Your Owl Friend'' (1977), {{ISBN|0-06-021731-6}}, picture book illus. [[Ruth Lercher Bornstein]] <!-- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?55813 32pp; illustrator missing, presume not the writer-->
-* ''If You Call My Name'' (1981) {{ISBN|0-06-021744-8}}, picture book illus. [[David Palladini]] <!-- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?17783 23pp -->
+* ''If You Call My Name'' (1981), {{ISBN|0-06-021744-8}}, picture book illus. [[David Palladini]] <!-- http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?17783 23pp -->
-* "Katie in the Morning" (1983) {{ISBN|0-06-021729-4}}, picture book illus. [[Betsy A. Day]]
+* "Katie in the Morning" (1983), {{ISBN|0-06-021729-4}}, picture book illus. [[Betsy A. Day]]
 *''I Hate My Brother Harry'' (1983)
-*''Always, Always'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-02-733080-X}}
+*''Always, Always'' (1984), {{ISBN|0-02-733080-X}}
 *''Coconut'' (1984) {{ISBN|0-06-021759-6}}, picture book illus. [[Nancy Tafuri]]
 *''Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast'' (1985) {{ISBN|0-7857-0010-2}}
-*''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-689-71415-7}}, picture book illus. [[Jerry Pinkney]]
+*''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'' (1986), {{ISBN|0-689-71415-7}}, picture book illus. [[Jerry Pinkney]]
-*''This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-689-82353-3}}
+*''This Is the Bread I Baked for Ned'' (1989), {{ISBN|0-689-82353-3}}
-*''[[Home Place (Dragonwagon book)|Home Place]]'' (1990) {{ISBN|978-0-027331-905}}, picture book illus. Jerry Pinkney
+*''[[Home Place (Dragonwagon book)|Home Place]]'' (1990), {{ISBN|978-0-027331-905}}, picture book illus. Jerry Pinkney
-*''Winter Holding Spring'' (1990) {{ISBN|0-02-733122-9}}
+*''Winter Holding Spring'' (1990), {{ISBN|0-02-733122-9}}
 *''Alligators and Others All Year Long'' (1993)
 *''Annie Flies the Birthday Bike'' (1993)
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 *''The Year It Rained'' (1985) {{ISBN|0-02-733110-5}}
 *''To Take A Dare'' (1982) (co-authored with the late [[Paul Zindel]])
-==See also==
-{{Portal bar|Children's literature|Food}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * {{official website |www.dragonwagon.com/ }}
+* [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/crescent-dragonwagon-2969/ Official Biography]
 * [http://lccn.loc.gov/n50027230 Crescent Dragonwagon] at [[Library of Congress]] Authorities — with 40 catalog records
+{{Vegetarianism|state=collapsed}}
+{{Portal bar|Children's literature|Food}}
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-[[Category:Jewish American writers]]
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-[[Category:Women food writers]]
-[[Category:21st-century American Jews]]
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+[[Category:American women food writers]]

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