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Elizabeth Enright

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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American children's writer and illustrator, short story writer, critic

Born 17 September 1909
Died 8 June 1968

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  • Cover of: THIMBLE SUMMER
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    Cover of edition bwb_W7-AJQ-041 Cover of edition isbn_9781435119529 Cover of edition thimblesummer00enri Cover of edition thimblesummer0000enri_r5p6 Cover of edition thimblesummer0000enri First published in 1659 — 32 editions
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  • Cover of: The Saturdays
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  • Cover of: Gone-Away Lake: Gone-Away Lake #1
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  • Cover of: The Four-Story Mistake
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  • Cover of: Then there were five
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    Cover of edition thentherewerefiv00eliz First published in 1944 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (The Melendy Quartet)
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    First published in 1951 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Return to Gone-Away: Gone-Away Lake #2
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    Cover of edition returntogoneaway00enri Cover of edition isbn_9780844663579 First published in 1961 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Tatsinda.
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  • Cover of: Zeee
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  • Cover of: The Melendy family
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    First published in 1944 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The riddle of the fly: & other stories.

    First published in 1911 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The sea is all around

    First published in 1940 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: Doublefields: memories and stories.

    First published in 1966 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Kintu: a Congo adventure
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  • Cover of: The moment before the rain.
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    First published in 1950 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Christmas Tree for Lydia (Creative's Classics)

    First published in 1951 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Return to Gone-Away

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  • Cover of: Borrowed summer: and other stories

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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American children's writer and illustrator, short story writer, critic

Born 17 September 1909
Died 8 June 1968

Subjects

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, American Civil War, American drama, American fiction, Children, Children's allowances

Places

United States, Africa, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, New York (N.Y.), Owl Creek Bridge, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Wisconsin

People

Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Mr. Gascoigne

Time

1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, 20th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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Alternative names

  • E. Enright
  • elizabeth enright
  • Elizabeth (Gillham) Enright
  • Elisabeth Enright

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