Barbara Brooks Wallace
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Barbara Brooks Wallace (December 3, 1922 ā November 27, 2018) was an American children's writer. She won the NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for Claudia (2001) and William Allen White Children's Book Award for Peppermints in the Parlor (1983).[1]
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Barbara Brooks Wallace | |
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Born | (1922-12-03)December 3, 1922 Suzhou, China |
Died | November 27, 2018(2018-11-27) (aged 95) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, poet |
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Genre | Children's literature |
Years active | 1975ā2012 |
Notable works | Peppermints in the Parlor (1983) The Twin in the Tavern (1994) Claudia (2001) |
Notable awards | Edgar Award (1994, 1998) |
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