Juanita havill and biography
Juanita Havill (born May 11, 1949) is an....
Havill, Juanita 1949-
(Jennifer Havel)
Personal
Born May 11, 1949, in Evansville, IN; daughter of Frank Walden (an oil producer) and Ruth Denise (a homemaker; maiden name, Roberts) Havill; married Pierre Masure (a technical writer), 1976; children: Laurence Aimee, Pierre Gustav.
Juanita Havill is an American children's picture book author best known for the Jamaica books.
Education: Attended Université de Rouen, 1969-70; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.A., 1971, M.A., 1973. Politics:Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Theater, cinema, listening to piano music, reading philosophy and biography, walking, and swimming.
Addresses
Home and office— 28232 North 58th St., Cave Creek, AZ 85331.
Career
Freelance writer, 1981—.
Translator for companies in France and United States; instructor at École Bi-Lingue de Fontainebleau, Wabash Valley College, The Loft, Writer's Voice Project, Phoenix College, and Ottawa University, Phoenix; lecturer.
Worked in personnel department, Organisation for Economic Co