Silver pencil alice dalgliesh biography
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Silver pencil alice dalgliesh biography
Alice Dalgliesh facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Alice Dalgliesh | |
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| Born | Alice Dalgliesh (1893-10-07)October 7, 1893 Trinidad, British West Indies |
| Died | (1979-06-11)June 11, 1979 Woodbury, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Writer, publisher |
| Citizenship | American (naturalized) |
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| Notable awards | Newbery Medal runner-up 1945, 1953, 1955 |
Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 – June 11, 1979) was a naturalized American author and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children.
She has been called "a pioneer in the field of children's historical fiction". Three of her books were runners-up for the annual Newbery Medal, the partly autobiographical The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble, which was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.
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