Elizabeth Wright Enright (1907-09-17)September 17, 1907 Oak Park, Illinois
Died
(1968-06-08)June 8, 1968 Wainscott, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Writer, illustrator
Period
1935–1968
Genre
Children's fiction
Notable works
Thimble Summer (1938)
Gone-Away Lake (1957)
Return to Gone-Away (1961)
The Saturdays (1941)
The Four-Story Mistake (1942)
Then There Were Five (1944)
Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (1951)
Notable awards
Newbery Medal 1939
Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham (September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968) 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 (1941 to 1951). 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.
In 2012 Gone-Away Lake was ranked number 42 among all-time children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a monthly with primarily U.S. audience. The first two Melendy books also made the Top 100, The Saturdays (novel) and The Four-Story Mistake.[1]
^Bird, Elizabeth (July 7, 2012). "Top 100 Chapter Book Poll Results". A Fuse #8 Production. Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
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