Quote of the day
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.
Scott O'Dell

Born: May 23, 1898
Died: October 15, 1989 (aged 91)
Bio: Scott O'Dell was an American author of 26 novels for young people, along with three novels for adults and four nonfiction books. He wrote historical fiction, primarily, including several children's novels about historical California and Mexico.
Known for:
- Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960)
- The Black Pearl (1967)
- Sing Down the Moon (1970)
- The King's Fifth (1966)
- Streams to the river, river to the sea (1986)