Sheila Gordon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sheila Gordon

American writer

Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1927

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Date of Death: 10-May-2013

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sheila Gordon (born January 22, 1927, in Johannesburg, South Africa) wrote, among various other publications, Waiting for the Rain, The Middle of Somewhere, and Unfinished Business. Waiting for the Rain tells the story of two boys growing up on a farm in South Africa during the Apartheid era.
The friendship between the two boys dissipates as they grow older because one of them, who is black, seeks political equality, while the other boy, who is white, wants everything to stay the same. Sheila lived in Cobble Hill, a small neighborhood in Brooklyn for over fifty years.
She died on May 10, 2013, at the age of 86.
Her husband of over 60 years, Harley Gordon, died three months later on August 8, 2013.
They are survived by their three children and five grandchildren.