Sorche Nic Leodhas

LeClaire Gowans Alger (May 20, 1898 – November 14, 1969) was an American author better known under her pseudonym Sorche Nic Leodhas, or simply Sorche Leodhas. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she was a sickly child, eventually being homeschooled. Alger was a known librarian, working from 1915 to 1966, while the imaginary Sorche was a storyteller. She sought out traditional Scottish tales that had never been written down before. She won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962 and a Newbery Honor for in 1963. Her book Always Room for One More, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, won the 1966 Caldecott Medal.

Awards[]

• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, 1962
• Newbery Honor, 1963
• Caldecott Medal, 1966

Works[]

Most of Leodhas' works are in collections.

• (1960), illustrated by
• (1962), illus. Evaline Ness
• All in the Morning Early (1963), illus. Evaline Ness
• (1964), illus. Nonny Hogrogian
• (1965)
• (1967), illus. Leo and Diane Dillon
• (1968), illus. Vera Bock
• (1969), illus. Vera Bock
• (1971), illus. Vera Bock

See also[]

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External links[]

• Sorche Nic Leodhas at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Sorche Nic Leodhas at Library of Congress Authorities, with 13 catalog records
• Leclaire Alger at LC Authorities, with 5 records
• Biography at the Ohio Center for the Book

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