Pam Conrad (June 18, 1947 – January 22, 1996) was an American children's writer.
''The New York Times'', January 26, 1996. Her book ''
Our House: Stories of Levittown'' was a
Newbery Medal
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finalist.
[ Her book '' Stonewords'' won an ]Edgar Award
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Conrad was born in New York City
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and graduated from the New School for Social Research
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.[ She died of ]breast cancer
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on January 22, 1996, at the age of 48.[ She lived in Rockville Centre, New York, where she raised two daughters.][
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Books
Stonewords (series)
* '' Stonewords: A Ghost Story'' (1990)
* ''Zoe Rising'' (1996)
Novels
* ''I Don't Live Here!'' (1983 or 1984)
* ''Prairie Songs'' (1985)
* ''Holding Me Here'' (1986)
* ''What I Did For Roman'' (1987)
* ''A Seal Upon My Heart'' (1988)
* ''Taking the Ferry Home'' (1988)
* ''My Daniel'' (1989)
* ''The Lost Sailor'' (1992)
* '' Our House: Stories of Levittown'' (1995)
* ''Pumpkin Moon'' (novel for adults) (1994)
Collections
* ''Bathtub Voyages'' (1993)
Picture Books
* ''Seven Silly Circles'' (1987)
* ''The Tub People'' (1989)
* ''The Tub Grandfather'' (1993)
* ''Molly and the Strawberry Day'' (1994)
* ''Doll Face Has a Party!'' (1994)
* ''Animal Lingo'' (1995)
* ''Call Me Ahnighito'' (1995)
* ''The Rooster's Gift'' (1996)
* ''Animal Lullabies'' (1997)
* ''Old Man Hoover's Dead Rabbit'' (1997)
* ''This Mess'' (originally published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books in 1980; published again in 1998, re-illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles
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* ''Don't Go Near That Rabbit, Frank!'' (1998)
* ''Blue Willow'' (1999)
* ''The Tub People's Christmas'' (1999)
* ''Is Anyone Here My Age?'' (2005)
Chapter Books
* ''Staying Nine'' (1988)
''Non fiction''
* ''Prairie Visions: The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher'' (1991)
* ''Pedro's Journal'' (1991)
* ''Book Guides'' (2003)
References
External links
*
Reviews of Conrad's work at Publishers Weekly
Reviews of Conrad's work at Kirkus Reviews
Biography at Exodus Books
1947 births
1996 deaths
American children's writers
Edgar Award winners
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