Mary Stolz (1920–2006)
Autor(a) de Storm in the Night
About the Author
Mary Stolz was born on March 24, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at the Teachers College of Columbia University and the Katharine Gibbs School before going to work at Columbia as a secretary. She suffered from debilitating arthritis and wrote her first book during a long convalescence. mostrar mais To Tell Your Love was published in 1950. She wrote more than 60 children and young adult books during her lifetime including Ready or Not, Some Merry-Go-Round Music, Leap Before You Look, The Leftover Elf, Emmett's Pig, A Dog on Barkham Street, Cider Days, Ivy Larkin, and The Edge of Next Year. In a Mirror won a Child Study Children's Book Award and The Bully of Barkham Street won a Boys' Club Junior Book Award. Belling the Tiger and The Noonday Friends were named Newbery Honor books. In 1982, she received a George G. Stone Recognition of Merit Award for her entire body of work. She also wrote one adult novel entitled Truth and Consequence. She died of natural causes on December 15, 2006 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: photo credit: Thomas C. Jaleski, M.D.
Séries
Obras por Mary Stolz
Frédou 6 exemplares
Maximilian's World 4 exemplares
The Barkham Street Books: A Dog on Barkham Street, The Bully of Barkham Street, The Explorer of Barkham Street (1989) 3 exemplares
DOG ON A BARKHAM STREET, A 2 exemplares
Truth and consequence 1 exemplar
Mges the Great Leader 1 exemplar
The Bad Times of Irma Baunlein 1 exemplar
Qualcuno al cancello 1 exemplar
Grace på sytten 1 exemplar
Kom ut ur din dröm 1 exemplar
Som i en spegel 1 exemplar
Paikka elämässä : Romaani 1 exemplar
Emma 1 exemplar
Madeline 1 exemplar
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Slattery, Mary (birth)
- Outros nomes
- Slattery, Molly
- Data de nascimento
- 1920-03-07
- Data de falecimento
- 2006-12-15
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Longboat Key, Florida, USA
- Locais de residência
- Manhattan, New York, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Longboat Key, Florida, USA - Educação
- Columbia University
Katherine Gibbs School - Ocupações
- children's book author
young adult writer - Organizações
- Harper & Brothers
Harper & Row
Harper Collins - Prémios e menções honrosas
- George G. Stone Center Recognition Of Merit (entire body of work ∙ 1982)
Kerlan Award (1983)
Newbery Honor Medal (1962, 1966)
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Mary Stolz, née Slattery, was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in New York City. She studied at Teachers College of Columbia University and the Katharine Gibbs school before going to work as a secretary. Her debut book, To Tell Your Love, written in pencil on yellow legal pads, was published in 1950. She produced acclaimed fiction for children and young adults, ranging from picture books to novels. She also wrote one book for adults, Truth and Consequence (1953). Ms. Stolz also contributed to magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, and Seventeen. She received the Child Study Association of America's Children's Book Award for her 1953 book In a Mirror; and Newbery Honors in 1962 for Belling the Tiger and in 1966 for The Noonday Friends. Her entire body of work was awarded the George G. Stone Center for Children's Books Recognition of Merit Award in 1982.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 78
- Also by
- 6
- Membros
- 4,804
- Popularidade
- #5,230
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 40
- ISBN
- 224
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 1