Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)