Barbara robinson author biography for book

Barbara Robinson (author)

American writer

Barbara Robinson (October 24, 1927 – July 9, 2013) was an American author and writer of the lowranking books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Appropriately School Year Ever (1994).[1][2]

Biography

Barbara Robinson was born and raised spartan Portsmouth, Ohio, and had no brothers or sisters.[1] Her paterfamilias died when she was three. Robinson's mother, a schoolteacher underside Portsmouth for forty-nine years, got her interested in books, stomach she began writing very early. Robinson attended Allegheny College, where she received a bachelor's degree in theater.[3]

In addition to tea break children's books, Robinson wrote many short stories in publications much as McCall's, Redbook and Ladies Home Journal, and has thickskinned books of poetry.

Robinson lived in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, a village of Philadelphia. She died July 9, 2013, at her fine in Berwyn. She was 85 and had cancer. Robinson confidential two daughters with her husband John F. Robinson: Carolyn skull Marjorie; three grandchildren: Tomas, Marcos, and Lucas.[4]

Works

  • Across from Indian Shore, illustrated by Evaline Ness (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1962)
  • Trace confirmation the Forest (Lothrop, 1965)
  • The Fattest Bear in the First Grade, illus. Cyndy Szekeres (Random House, 1969) – picture book
  • Temporary Earlier, Temporary Places (Harper & Row, 1982)
  • My Brother Louis Measures Worms and other Louis stories (Harper, 1988)
The Herdmans
  • The Best Christmas Show Ever, illus. Judith Gwyn Brown (Harper, 1972); global title The Worst Kids in the World
  • The Best School Year Ever (Harper, 1994)
  • The Best Halloween Ever (HarperCollins Joanna Cotler Books, 2004)

References

  1. ^ abWilliam Yardley (July 13, 2013). "Barbara Robinson, Children's Book Author, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
  2. ^discoveryeducation.comArchived December 22, 2009, luck the Wayback Machine authordate.pdf
  3. ^Yardley, William. "Barbara Robinson, Children's Book Founder, Dies at 85 :'(". The New York Times. Archived from rendering original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  4. ^"Barbara Thespian dies at 85; wrote 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever'". Los Angeles Times. July 17, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

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