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* ''Emmett's Pig'' (1959) |
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* ''A Dog on Barkham Street'' (1960) |
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* ''The Bully of Barkham Street'' (1963) |
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* ''The Noonday Friends'' (1965) |
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* ''Cider Days'' (1978), ISBN 978-0060258375 |
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* ''The Explorer of Barkham Street'' (1985), ISBN 978-0060259761 |
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* ''Quentin Corn'' (1985) |
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===Young adult fiction=== |
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* ''The Sea Gulls Woke Me'' (1951) |
* ''The Sea Gulls Woke Me'' (1951) |
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* ''In a Mirror'' (1953) |
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* ''A Love, or a Season'' (1964) |
* ''A Love, or a Season'' (1964) |
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* ''And Love Replied'' (1966), ISBN 978-0060257866 |
* ''And Love Replied'' (1966), ISBN 978-0060257866 |
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* ''By the Highway Home'' (1971), ISBN 978-0060258306 |
* ''By the Highway Home'' (1971), ISBN 978-0060258306 |
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* ''Leap Before You Look'' (1972) |
* ''Leap Before You Look'' (1972) |
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Revision as of 05:33, 1 January 2009
Mary Stolz | |
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1950-1999 |
| Genre | children's literature, young adult fiction |
| Literary movement | First children's book The Leftover Elf (1952) First adult novel Truth and Consequence (1953) |
Mary Stolz (born Mary Slattery, March 24, 1920 – December 15, 2006) was an American writer of young adult fiction. Her works received Newbery Honors in 1962 and 1966 and her entire body of work was awarded the George G. Stone Recognition of Merit in 1982.
Her literary works range from picture books to young-adult novels. Although most of Stolz's books are fiction, she has made a few contributions to magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, and Seventeen.
Biography
Early life
Mary Slattery was born on March 24, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts. Raised in Manhattan[1], she attended the Birch Wathen School and served as assistant editor of her school magazine, Birch Leaves.[2] She attended Columbia University from 1936 to 1938 and the Katherine Gibbs School.[1]
Marriage and children
At age 18, she married Stanley Burr Stolz; they had one son together. Chronic pain from arthritis worsened and she was housebound by 1949. During this time she began writing to occupy her time and ultimately drafted her first novel, To Tell Your Love (1950), on yellow legal pads. She divorced Stanley Stolz in 1956. Under doctor Thomas C. Jaleski's care, her disabling symptoms resolved and in 1965, she married Dr. Jaleski.[2]
Career
To Tell Your Love brought Ms. Stolz into the stable of children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom. She stayed with the Harper publishing company for much of her career, through its incarnations from Harper & Brothers to the present-day HarperCollins.
Death and afterward
Ms. Stolz was survived by her son William Stolz, stepson Eugene Jaleski, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. [1]
Works
Children's fiction
Young adult fiction
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