Phyllis Crawford (February 8, 1899 – July 1980) was, during the 1930s and 1940s, an American author of books for children in their early teens. Born in

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, she graduated from

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in 1920 and then from library school at the

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in 1924 and became an editorial assistant for H.W. Wilson. In 1930, she published her first children's book '' The Blot: Little City Cat''. In 1938, she wrote '' Hello the Boat!'' (Holt, 1938), which won the top prize of $3,000 from the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation and was a 1939

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honoree. Subsequent books were ''In England Still'' (Arrowsmith, 1938), ''Walking on Gold'' (Messner, 1940), ''The Secret Brother'' (Holt, 1941), ''Last Semester'' (Holt, 1942), ''Second Shift'' (Holt, 1943) and ''Let's Go!'' (Holt, 1946). She also wrote an adult novel, ''Elsie Dinsmore on the Loose'' (Cape, 1930).

References

* ''Current Biography 1940'', pp. 203–204 * https://web.archive.org/web/20070609230125/http://www.buriedantiques.com/20th_century_authors/phyllis_crawford.htm

External links

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at LC Authorities, no catalog records 1899 births 1980 deaths American children's writers Newbery Honor winners Writers from Little Rock, Arkansas Date of death missing {{US-child-writer-stub