Suzy Kline (born 1943 in Berkeley, California) is the

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of the ''

Horrible Harry ''Horrible Harry'' is a children's book series written by Suzy Kline between 1988 and 2019. It is normally used in American elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, an ...

'' book series as well as the ''Herbie Jones'' books.

Early life and career

Kline was born in

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, to Harry, a realtor, and Martha Weaver, a substitute teacher. Kline was first inspired to write when she wrote a series of letters to her grandfather. She attended classes at Columbia University during a one-year stay in New York City, and then transferred to the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, graduating in 1966 with a BA in history. In 1967 she earned a teaching credential at California State University at Hayward. Kline began teaching at Shannon Elementary School in

Richmond, California Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was municipal corporation, incorporated on August 7, 1905, and has a Richmond, California City Council, city council.

. She remained there for three years. Over the course of 21 years, Kline wrote and published the entire ''Herbie Jones'' series. Kline is also the author of the ''

'' series.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kline, Suzy 1943 births American children's writers Columbia University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni California State University, East Bay alumni Writers from Berkeley, California Living people