Alice Dalgliesh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alice Dalgliesh

American children's book editor and writer

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1893

Place of Birth: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1979

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: Trinidad and Tobago

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 – June 11, 1979) was a naturalized American author and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children.
She has been called "a pioneer in the field of children's historical fiction".
Three of her books were runners-up for the annual Newbery Medal, the partly autobiographical The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble, which was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list. As the founding editor (in 1934) of Scribner's and Sons Children's Book Division, Dalgliesh published works by award-winning authors and illustrators including Robert A.
Heinlein, Marcia Brown, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Katherine Milhous, Will James, Leonard Weisgard, and Leo Politi.
Her prominence in the field of children's literature led to her being appointed the first president of the Children's Book Council, a national nonprofit trade association of children's book publishers and presses.