Her sister also encouraged her to read, and made a list of recommended books for Elizabeth. This was to become one of her favorite books. At the age of 12, at the request of her father, Yates read through the whole Bible. Yates credited her mother for instilling in her a love for books by reading aloud to the family. īooks were an important part of her life. Yates then spent a year at Oaksmere, a private school near New York City, founded by mathematician Winifred Edgerton Merrill. She attended Franklin School, graduating in 1924. She had a love of animals and the land, which stemmed from her childhood experiences. Early years and education Įlizabeth Yates was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Harry and Mary Duffy Yates. Yates wrote a three-volume autobiography: My Diary – My World (1981), My Widening World (1983), and One Writer's Way (1984). Many of her books were illustrated by the British artist Nora S. She began her writing career as a journalist, contributing travel articles to The Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. She had been a Newbery runner-up in 1944 for Mountain Born. She may have been known best for the biographical novel Amos Fortune, Free Man, winner of the 1951 Newbery Medal. Elizabeth Yates McGreal (Decem– July 29, 2001) was an American writer.
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