Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Maureen Daly

Born: March 15, 1921
Died: September 25, 2006 (aged 85)
Bio: Maureen Daly, was an Irish-born American writer best known for the novel Seventeenth Summer. While published for adults, it became one of the first to capture a teenage audience. Some scholars consider it the first young adult novel.
Known for:
- Seventeenth Summer (1942)
- Acts of Love (1986)
- The small war of Sergeant Donkey (1966)
- First a dream (1990)