Sylvia Cassedy | |
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Born | Brooklyn, NY | January 29, 1930
Died | April 6, 1989 Manhasset, NY | (aged 59)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
Genre | Children's and young adult fiction |
Sylvia Cassedy (January 29, 1930 – April 6, 1989) was an American novelist and poet, who is best known for her children's and young adult fiction.
Cassedy was born January 29, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York. [1] She graduated from Brooklyn College, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher. [2]
Cassedy is known for her young adult novels. [1] [2] [3] Her three novels Behind the Attic Wall, M.E. and Morton, and Lucie Babbidge's House feature preadolescent girls as protagonists, who use fantasy and play to improve their circumstances. [2] [4]
Besides her young adult novels, Cassedy wrote two volumes of poetry. She translated collections of poems from India and from Japan. Based on her teaching experience, she wrote a guide to creative writing In Your Own Words: a Beginner's Guide to Writing. [2]
Cassedy died April 6, 1989, in Manhasset, NY. [1] Her collected papers are held by the University of Minnesota. [5]
Cassedy's book Lucie Babbidge's House was named an honor book (runner-up) for the Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association in 2009. [6]
Sylvia Cassedy | |
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Born | Brooklyn, NY | January 29, 1930
Died | April 6, 1989 Manhasset, NY | (aged 59)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
Genre | Children's and young adult fiction |
Sylvia Cassedy (January 29, 1930 – April 6, 1989) was an American novelist and poet, who is best known for her children's and young adult fiction.
Cassedy was born January 29, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York. [1] She graduated from Brooklyn College, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher. [2]
Cassedy is known for her young adult novels. [1] [2] [3] Her three novels Behind the Attic Wall, M.E. and Morton, and Lucie Babbidge's House feature preadolescent girls as protagonists, who use fantasy and play to improve their circumstances. [2] [4]
Besides her young adult novels, Cassedy wrote two volumes of poetry. She translated collections of poems from India and from Japan. Based on her teaching experience, she wrote a guide to creative writing In Your Own Words: a Beginner's Guide to Writing. [2]
Cassedy died April 6, 1989, in Manhasset, NY. [1] Her collected papers are held by the University of Minnesota. [5]
Cassedy's book Lucie Babbidge's House was named an honor book (runner-up) for the Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association in 2009. [6]