Quote of the day
Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves. This, as the sages of many lands have taught us, is a golden rule in individual and group, as well as international, relations.
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)