Marilyn Sachs | |
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Born | Marilyn Stickle December 18, 1927 New York City, U.S. [1] |
Died | December 28, 2016 (aged 89) San Francisco, California, U.S. [1] |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Hunter College (
BA) Columbia University ( MLS) |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable works | Veronica Ganz |
Spouse | Morris Sachs |
Marilyn Sachs (December 18, 1927 – December 28, 2016) was an American author of award-winning children's books.
Sachs was born in New York City [1] and grew up in the Bronx. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hunter College and a master's in library science from Columbia University. [2] Sachs worked as a children's librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library while working toward her graduate degree. [3] [4]
Sachs began focusing on her writing during a leave of absence from her library job in 1954. [4] Unable to sell her first novel, Amy Moves In, she set it aside and moved with her husband and children to San Francisco, California in 1961, taking a job at the Main Library. [4] [3] [2]
Sachs found a publisher for her book in 1964. [4] By 1968, she had made enough money from her first four published novels to quit her librarian job and become a full-time writer. [2] [4] Sachs wrote 40 books in total, between 1964 and 2006. [2]
While living in New York, Sachs was active in the political organization American Youth for Democracy, which is where she met her future husband, sculptor Morris Sachs. [4] Sachs continued her activism later in life, fighting for public school integration and demonstrating against the Vietnam War. [2] In 1991, she co-edited The Big Book for Peace; the proceeds were donated to peace organizations. [2] [4]
Sachs died in San Francisco [1] on December 28, 2016, at the age of 89. [2] [4]
Marilyn Sachs | |
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Born | Marilyn Stickle December 18, 1927 New York City, U.S. [1] |
Died | December 28, 2016 (aged 89) San Francisco, California, U.S. [1] |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Education |
Hunter College (
BA) Columbia University ( MLS) |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable works | Veronica Ganz |
Spouse | Morris Sachs |
Marilyn Sachs (December 18, 1927 – December 28, 2016) was an American author of award-winning children's books.
Sachs was born in New York City [1] and grew up in the Bronx. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hunter College and a master's in library science from Columbia University. [2] Sachs worked as a children's librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library while working toward her graduate degree. [3] [4]
Sachs began focusing on her writing during a leave of absence from her library job in 1954. [4] Unable to sell her first novel, Amy Moves In, she set it aside and moved with her husband and children to San Francisco, California in 1961, taking a job at the Main Library. [4] [3] [2]
Sachs found a publisher for her book in 1964. [4] By 1968, she had made enough money from her first four published novels to quit her librarian job and become a full-time writer. [2] [4] Sachs wrote 40 books in total, between 1964 and 2006. [2]
While living in New York, Sachs was active in the political organization American Youth for Democracy, which is where she met her future husband, sculptor Morris Sachs. [4] Sachs continued her activism later in life, fighting for public school integration and demonstrating against the Vietnam War. [2] In 1991, she co-edited The Big Book for Peace; the proceeds were donated to peace organizations. [2] [4]
Sachs died in San Francisco [1] on December 28, 2016, at the age of 89. [2] [4]