Milton Meltzer
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Milton Meltzer (May 8, 1915 – September 19, 2009) was an American historian and author best known for his nonfiction books on Jewish, African-American, and American history. Since the 1950s, he was a prolific author of history books in the children's literature and young adult literature genres, having written nearly 100 books.[1] Meltzer was an advocate for human rights, as well as an adjunct professor for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.[2][3] He won the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his career contribution to American children's literature in 2001.[4][5] Meltzer died of esophageal cancer in 2009.[6]