McGraw, Eloise Jarvis (1915–2000)
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis (1915–2000)
American children's writer. Born Dec 9, 1915, in Houston, Tex.; died Nov 30, 2000; raised in Oklahoma City; dau. of Loy Hamilton (merchant) and Genevieve (Scoffern) Jarvis; Principia College, BA, 1937; m. William Corbin McGraw (writer and filbert-grower), Jan 29, 1940 (died 1999); children: Peter Anthony, Lauren Lynn.
In a writing span of over 50 years, won Newbery Honors for 3 books: The Golden Goblet (1961), Moccasin Trail (1952) and The Moorchild (1996); won an Edgar Award for A Really Weird Summer (1977) and an Edgar Award nomination for Tangled Webb (1993); other books include Sawdust in His Shoes (1950), Crown Fire (1951), Master Cornhill (1973), The Money Room (1981) and Hideaway (1983).
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