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Betsy Cromer Byars

Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).

Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has also been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.

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American children's writer (1928-2020)

Born August 7, 1928
Died February 26, 2020

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  • Cover of: The summer of the swans
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  • Cover of: The Pinballs
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  • Cover of: The midnight fox
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    Cover of edition marenardedeminui0000byar Cover of edition midnightfox1968byar Cover of edition lazorranegra0000byar Cover of edition midnightfox0000byar Cover of edition midnightfox0000byar_w1y1 Cover of edition midnightfox00byar_0 First published in 1968 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: The 18th Emergency
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    Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000byar Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000bets Cover of edition isbn_0590445782 Cover of edition 18themergency00byar Cover of edition eighteenthemerge0000byar_g7u2 First published in 1973 — 27 editions
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  • Cover of: TV Kid
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  • Cover of: The nightswimmers
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  • Cover of: The two-thousand-pound goldfish
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  • Cover of: The not-just-anybody family
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  • Cover of: Wanted...Mud Blossom
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  • Cover of: The Cybil war
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  • Cover of: Trouble River
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  • Cover of: The cartoonist
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  • Cover of: The burning questions of Bingo Brown
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  • Cover of: Good-bye, Chicken Little
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  • Cover of: The animal, the vegetable, and John D Jones
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  • Cover of: A Blossom promise
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    First published in 1987 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The Blossoms meet the vulture lady
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    First published in 1986 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: My brother, Ant
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  • Cover of: The Blossoms and the green phantom
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  • Cover of: The house of wings
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American children's writer (1928-2020)

Born August 7, 1928
Died February 26, 2020

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Family life, fiction, Family life, Large type books, Family, fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Family, Juvenile literature, Mystery and detective stories, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Mystery, Siblings, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Children's stories, American, Detective and mystery stories, Dogs, Jones, herculeah (fictitious character), fiction, Dogs, fiction, Friendship, Friendship, fiction, Herculeah Jones (Fictitious character), Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse

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West (U.S.), Kentucky, Texas

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Betsy Cromer Byars

Time

20th century, 1865-, 1970s

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Alternative names

  • Betsy's Byars
  • BETSY BYARS
  • Byars Betsy
  • Betsy C. Byars
  • Betsy Byar
  • Betsy Byars
  • Byars Betsy.
  • Byars. Betsy
  • betsy byers

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November 13, 2022 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
October 11, 2022 Edited by OnFrATa Added identifiers, dates
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August 17, 2022 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import