Quote of the day
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Katherine Paterson
Born: October 31, 1932 (age 91)
Bio: Katherine Womeldorf Paterson is a Chinese-born American writer best known for children's novels. For four different books published 1975-1980, she won two Newbery Medals and two National Book Awards.
Known for:
- Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
- The Great Gilly Hopkins (1978)
- Jacob Have I Loved (1980)
- Lyddie (1991)
- The Master Puppeteer (1975)
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