Emily Cheney Neville
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Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 – December 14, 1997) was an American author. She was born in Manchester, Connecticut and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1940. After receiving her A.B. from Bryn Mawr, she worked for the New York Daily New and the New York Mirror newspapers.[1] She had five children with her husband, Glenn Neville,[2] a newspaperman,[1] and lived in New York City.[1] Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.[3] Her other works include: Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeen-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969). [3]BY EMILY NEVILLE
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- ^ a b c "Emily Cheney Neville". HarperCollins. http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12534/Emily_Cheney_Neville/index.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-02-24.
- ^ "Emily Cheney Neville Papers". The Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota. http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-61.xml. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ a b "ALA | Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. 2007-05-16. http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
