Jump to content

Patricia MacLachlan: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
FreeRangeFrog (talk | contribs)
rm all unsourced material WP:BLP
Qworty (talk | contribs)
Line 49: Line 49:
==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0533676}}
*{{IMDb name|0533676}}
*[http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?pid=536528&tab=1&agid=39 Patricia MacLachlan audio podcast about her novel ''Edward's Eyes'']


{{Authority control|VIAF=20492795 |LCCN=n/78/062175 |GND=119521180 }}
{{Authority control|VIAF=20492795 |LCCN=n/78/062175 |GND=119521180 }}

Revision as of 07:29, 26 March 2013

Patricia MacLachlan
Born (1938-03-03) March 3, 1938 (age 86)
Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Connecticut
GenreChildren's and young-adult novels, historical fiction
Notable awardsNewbery Medal
1986

Patricia MacLachlan (born March 3, 1938) is an American children's writer. She is best known for the 1986 Newbery Medal-winning novel Sarah, Plain and Tall which was later adapted as a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.

She is a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.[1]

Novels

Sarah, Plain and Tall series, or Jacob Witting family
Other
  • Through Grandpa's Eyes (March 1980)
  • Mama One Mama Two (1982)
  • Tomorrow's Wizard (1982)
  • Cassie Binegar (October 1982)
  • Seven Kisses in the Row (March 1983)
  • Unclaimed Treasure (July 1987)
  • Arthur, For the Very First Time (October 1987)
  • The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt (July 1988)
  • Journey (September 1991)
  • Three Names (September 1991)
  • Baby (October 1993)
  • All the Places to Love (May 1994)
  • What You Know First (September 1995)
  • The Sick Day (April 2001)
  • Edward's Eyes (August 2007)
  • True Gift: A Christmas Story (October 2009)

References

  1. ^ "The NCBLA Board of Directors". Retrieved 20 February 2013.

Template:Persondata