Jim Kjelgaard

Jim Kjelgaard
Born(1910-12-06)December 6, 1910
New York, New York, United States
DiedJuly 12, 1959(1959-07-12) (aged 48)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States[citation needed]
OccupationAuthor
Period1938 to 1959
Genrejuvenile fiction (novels), children's literature, young adult literature
SubjectAnimals, outdoors
Notable worksBig Red

James Arthur Kjelgaard (December 6, 1910 – July 12, 1959)[1] was an American author of young adult literature.

  1. ^ Trosky, Susan M & Donna Olendorf, ed. (1992), "KJELGAARD, James Arthur 1910–1959", Contemporary Authors, vol. 137, Gale Research, pp. 250–252, as reproduced on Kjelgaard tribute site. Note that some sources give December 10 as birth date, e.g. this biographical sketch Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.