Sylvia Cassedy
Sylvia Cassedy | |
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Born | Brooklyn, NY | January 29, 1930
Died | April 6, 1989 Manhasset, NY | (aged 59)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
Genre | Children's and young adult fiction |
Sylvia Cassedy (January 29, 1930 – April 6, 1989) was an American novelist and poet, who is best known for her children's and young adult fiction.
Life[]
Cassedy was born January 29, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She graduated from Brooklyn College, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher.[2]
Cassedy is known for her young adult novels.[1][2][3] Her three novels Behind the Attic Wall, M.E. and Morton, and Lucie Babbidge's House feature preadolescent girls as protagonists, who use fantasy and play to improve their circumstances.[2][4]
Besides her young adult novels, Cassedy wrote two volumes of poetry. She translated a collection of poems from India and Japan. Based on her teaching experience, she wrote a guide to creative writing In Your Own Words: a Beginner's Guide to Writing.[2]
Cassedy died April 6, 1989 in Manhasset, NY.[1] Her collected papers are held by the University of Minnesota.[5]
Awards[]
Cassedy's book Lucie Babbidge's House was named an honor book (runner-up) for the Phoenix Award of the Children's Literature Association in 2009.[6]
Selected works[]
Children's and young adult fiction
- Behind the Attic Wall (HarperCollins, 1985). ISBN 0380698439[7]
- M.E. and Morton (HarperCollins, 1987). ISBN 069004562X[8]
- Lucie Babbidge's House (HarperCollins, 1993). ISBN 038071812X[9]
Instructional
- In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing (Doubleday, 1979). ISBN 0385140371[10]
Poetry
- Roomrimes: Poems (Crowell, 1987). Illustrated by Michele Chessare. ISBN 0690044666[11]
- Zoomrimes: Poems about Things that Go (HarperCollins, 1993). Illustrated by Michele Chessare. ISBN 0060226331[12]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Cullinan, Bernice; Person, Diane, eds. (2005). The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. New York: Continuum. p. 153. ISBN 0-8264-1778-7. OCLC 182537410.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Silvey, Anita (1995). Children's Books and Their Creators. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 124–125. ISBN 0-395-65380-0. OCLC 32704771.
- ^ Townsend, John (1996). Written for Children: an Outline of English-Language Children's Literature. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. pp. 270–271. ISBN 1-4617-3104-6. OCLC 820843482.
- ^ Wolf, Virginia (1990). "Playing and Reality in Sylvia Cassedy's Novels". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 1990 (1): 51–54. doi:10.1353/chq.1990.0004. ISSN 1553-1201.
- ^ "Silvia Cassedy Papers". University of Minnesota Libraries. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "Phoenix Award". Children's Literature Association. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ Reviews of Behind the Attic Wall:
- "Behind the Attic Wall (Review)". Kirkus. October 1, 1983. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- King, Cynthia (November 20, 1983). "Children's Books | Behind the Attic Wall". New York Times. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ ""M.E. and Morton (Review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ ""Lucie Babbidge's House (Review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ "In Your Own Words: A Beginner's Guide to Writing (Review)". Kirkus. August 1, 1979. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ ""Roomrimes: Poems (Review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ ""Zoomrimes: Poems about Things that Go (Review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- 1930 births
- 1989 deaths
- American women children's writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- People from Brooklyn
- Brooklyn College alumni