Edward Ormondroyd (born 8 October 1925) is an American writer of children's books. He is best known for '' David and the Phoenix'', a fantasy novel. His time travel novel ''Time at the Top'' was filmed for television in 1999. Ormondroyd was born in

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Wilkinsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The borough has a population of 15,930 as of the 2010 census. Wilkinsburg is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The borough was named for John Wilkins Jr., a United States Army o ...

, and grew up in Pennsylvania and Michigan before serving two years on a

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in World War II. He participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war he attended the

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, earning a Bachelor's degree in English and a masters in Library Science. He lived in Berkeley for 25 years, working at various jobs while he wrote children's books. In 1970 he and his wife, Joan, moved from Berkeley to Newfield a small town west of

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. In 2007 he was living in

Trumansburg, New York Trumansburg is a village in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2010 census. The name incorporates a misspelling of the surname of the founder, Abner Treman. The Tremans spelled their surname several differen ...

. In September 2020 it was reported that after living in Trumansburg for 30 years, Ormondroyd and his wife had moved to California to be closer to family.

Works

Source: Loganberry Books. *'' David and the Phoenix'', illustrated by Joan Raysor (Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1957) *''The Tale of Alain'', illus. Robert Frankenberg (

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, 1960) *''

Time at the Top ''Time at the Top'', is a 1999 cable television film for Showtime that was directed by Jimmy Kaufman and written by Linda Brookover and Alain Silver based on the book by Edward Ormondroyd. It stars Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Busfield, and Lyn ...

'', illus. Peggie Bach (Parnassus, 1963) *''Jonathan Frederick Aloysius Brown'', illus. Suzi Spector Ormondroyd (San Carlos, CA: Golden Gate Junior Books, 1964)"Jonathan Frederick Aloysius Brown By Edward; Illus. Suzi Spector Ormondroyd"
''

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''. March 23, 1964. Retrieved 2015-12-02. A strongly negative review. *''Theodore'', illus. John M. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1966) *''Michael, the Upstairs Dog'', illus.

Cyndy Szekeres Cyndy Szekeres (born October 31, 1933) is an American children's book author and illustrator who has produced more than 130 books in the tradition of Beatrix Potter and Garth Williams. Best known for her anthropomorphic animal illustrations, sh ...

(

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, 1967) *''Broderick'', illus. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1969) *''Theodore's Rival'', illus. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1971) *''Castaways on Long Ago'', illus. Ruth Robbins (Parnassus, 1973) *''Imagination Greene'', illus. John Lewis (Parnassus, 1973) *''All in Good Time'', illus. Robbins (Parnassus, 1975) – sequel to ''Time at the Top'' *''Johnny Castleseed'', illus. Diana Thewlis (

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, 1985)

References

External links

2011 interview (part 1)
at Noblemania blogspot.com

* * * * * 1925 births Living people 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists American children's writers American male novelists People from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania People from Tompkins County, New York People from Trumansburg, New York Military personnel from Pennsylvania Novelists from New York (state) Novelists from Pennsylvania United States Navy personnel of World War II University of California, Berkeley alumni {{US-child-writer-stub