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Elizabeth Enright.
American children's writer and illustrator, short story writer, critic
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About Elizabeth Enright
Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet. A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks.
Everything about Elizabeth Enright →- Occupation
- writer, children's writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 17, 1909
- Died
- June 8, 1968