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.
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Elizabeth Enright
×CloseAmerican children's writer and illustrator, short story writer, critic
Born | 17 September 1909 |
Died | 8 June 1968 |
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Elizabeth Enright
×CloseAmerican children's writer and illustrator, short story writer, critic
Born | 17 September 1909 |
Died | 8 June 1968 |
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Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Family life, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Country life, fiction, Family life, fiction, Family, fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Country life, Cousins, Fairy tales, Families, Family, Siblings, fiction, Vacations, Adoption, Adventure and adventurers, Children, Children's allowances, Christmas, fiction, Classic Literature, ConfederacyPlaces
United States, Africa, Alabama, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Milford meeting house, New York (N.Y.), Owl Creek Bridge, WisconsinPeople
Brently Mallard, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Medbourne, Peyton Farquhar, Richards, Sylvia Ward, Widow WycherleyID Numbers
- OLID: OL33261A
- ISNI: 0000000109506612
- VIAF: 5391106
- Wikidata: Q3051213
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3051213
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Alternative names
- E. Enright
- elizabeth enright
- Elizabeth (Gillham) Enright
- Elisabeth Enright
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