Elizabeth Cleveland Miller (July 13, 1889 – September 28, 1936) was a child welfare worker in

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and an author of children's books in the United States. Her book '' Pran of Albania'' was a

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recipient in 1930.

Biography

Elizabeth Cleveland spent much of her youth in

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, Cleveland went to

as a member of the Junior Red Cross. She remained there after the end of the war doing child welfare work. Upon her return to the United States, she married Benjamin Miller. She wrote three children's novels: ''Children of the Mountain Eagle'' (1927), ''Pran of Albania'' (1929), and ''Young Trajan'' (1931). ''Pran of Albania'' was one of six Newbery Honor titles named in 1930. Miller died in 1936 at her home in

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. She was survived by her husband and a son, Whitney Benjamin Miller. She was buried in Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood.

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