Alice Dalgliesh | |
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| Born | Alice Dalgliesh October 7, 1893 Trinidad, British West Indies |
| Died | 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 writer 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".[1] 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.
As the founding editor (in 1934) of Scribner's and Sons Children's Book Division, Dalgliesh published works by award-winning authors and illustrators including Robert A. Heinlein, Marcia Brown, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Katherine Milhous, Will James, Leonard Weisgard, and Leo Politi. Her prominence in the field of children's literature led to her being appointed the first president[when?] of the Children's Book Council, a national nonprofit trade association of children's book publishers and presses.[2]
- ^ Something About the Author, vols. 17, Thomson Gale, 1994
- ^ "Children's Book Council History". Children's Book Council. Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 28 July 2012.