Betsy Byars Writer

Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award in category Children's Fiction for The Night Swimmers (1980)and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has also been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Cromer Betsy (birth name)
Birth dateAugust 07, 1928
Birth nameBetsy Cromer
Birth place
Charlotte North Carolina
Education
Furman University
Queens University of Charlotte

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Writer

Career start1962
genre
Children's literature
Historical fiction
Fiction
Young-adult fiction
influenced
notable work
Summer of the Swans

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External resources

  1. http://lccn.loc.gov/n90630433
  2. http://lccn.loc.gov/n92075699
  3. http://media.clemson.edu/library/special_collections/findingaids/Mss/byars_1.pdf
  4. http://media.clemson.edu/library/special_collections/findingaids/Mss/byars_2.pdf
  5. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/fall97/schaefer.html
  6. http://www.betsybyars.com
  7. http://www.betsybyars.com/auto.html
  8. http://www.betsybyars.com/books.html
  9. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=3960