Fisher, Aileen (1906–2002)
Fisher, Aileen (1906–2002)
American children's writer. Born Aileen Lucia Fisher, Sept 6, 1906, in Iron River, Michigan; died Dec 2, 2002, in Boulder, Colorado; attended University of Chicago; graduate of University of Missouri School of Journalism, 1927; lived with writer Olive Rabe for 30 years.
Wrote over 100 children's books, including The Coffee-Pot Face (1933), Runny Days, Sunny Days (1958), Valley of the Smallest: The Life Story of a Shrew (1966) and Out in the Dark and Daylight (1980).
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