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Marc Aronson, Marina BudhosSugar Changed the World
Marc Aronson, Marina BudhosNonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2010A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Marc Aronson
Born on October 19, 1950, Marc Aronson lives in Maplewood, New Jersey. His grandfather, Solomon Aronson, was the heir to a long line of rabbis in Kiev dating back to the Middle Ages. Currently, he teaches Library and Information Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He also writes non-fiction history works targeted to young adults, mostly specializing in American history. Some of his most notable works are Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado, Ain’t Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry, and Race: A History Beyond Black and White. He married novelist Marina Budhos in 1997, and they have two sons.
Marina Budhos
Marina Budhos is an award-winning novelist who also teaches English at William Paterson University. Her works include the novels The Professor of Light, Ask Me No Questions, and Tell Us We’re Home and the non-fiction book Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers. As she describes in the Prologue, her interest in sugar came from her descent from Indian indentured laborers in Guyana. She co-wrote Sugar Changed the World and Eyes of the World: Robert Capa & Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photojournalism with her husband, Marc Aronson.
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