Patricia MacLachlan
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Patricia MacLachlan | |
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| Born | March 3, 1938 Cheyenne, Wyoming, US |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut |
| Genre | Children's and young-adult novels, historical fiction |
| Notable awards | Newbery Medal 1986 |
Patricia "Patty" MacLachlan (born March 3, 1938) is an American children's writer, who is best known for the 1986 Newbery Medal-winning novel Sarah, Plain and Tall which was later adapted as a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.
She is a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.[1]
Novels[]
- Sarah, Plain and Tall series, of the Witting family
- Sarah, Plain and Tall (April 1985) — winner of the 1986 Newbery Medal
- Skylark (March 1994)
- (October 2001)
- (2004)
- (2009)
- Other
- (1980)
- (March 1980)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- (October 1982)
- (March 1983)
- (July 1987)
- (July 1988)
- Journey (September 1991)
- Three Names (September 1991)
- Baby (October 1993)
- All the Places to Love (May 1994)
- (September 1995)
- (April 2001)
- (August 2007)
- (October 2009)
- (2011)
- Cat Talk (2013) (Illustrated by Barry Moser)
- (October 2014)
- (January 2015)
- Poets dog (September 4th 2018)
- Wondrous Rex (March 17th 2020)[2]
- Waiting for magic (September 18th 2012)
- White fur flying (April 8th 2018)
- Dream within a Dream (June 23rd 2020)
References[]
- ^ "The NCBLA Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ^ MacLachlan, Patricia (17 March 2020). Wondrous Rex. ISBN 978-0062940988.
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Categories:
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American children's writers
- American historical novelists
- National Humanities Medal recipients
- Newbery Medal winners
- People from Cheyenne, Wyoming
- People from Hampshire County, Massachusetts
- Novelists from Massachusetts
- 1938 births
- Living people
- American women children's writers
- American women novelists
- Women historical novelists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers