Elinor Lander Horwitz
Elinor Lander Horwitz (born March 1929) is an American author of young adult and adult books.[1] She lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Mountain People, Mountain Crafts was on The New York Times' list of "Outstanding Books."[2] "When the Sky is Like Lace" was on the New York Times' list of "Outstanding Books" of the year.
Personal life[]
After graduating from Smith College, Horwitz wrote book reviews and features for the Washington Star News and for many national magazines. She married neurosurgeon Norman Horwitz.[3]
Horwitz is the mother of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Tony Horwitz and the mother-in-law of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Geraldine Brooks.
Selected works[]
References[]
- ^ "Biography: Elinor Lander Horwitz". scholastic.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08.
- ^ "Outstanding Books". The New York Times. November 3, 1974.
- ^ Horwitz, Elinor Lander Contemporary American Folk Artists. Lippincott. ISBN 0397316275. p. 143.
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