Walt Morey
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Walter (Walt) Morey (born February 3, 1907 in Hoquiam, Washington, USA; died January 12, 1992 in Wilsonville, Oregon), is an award-winning author of numerous works of children's fiction, mostly set in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. He wrote a total of 17 published books most of which involve as a central plot element the relationship between man and animals. Many of his works involve survival stories, or persons going into the wild to "discover" themselves; redemption through nature is a common theme of Morey's works.
Early in his writing career, he also published numerous short pulp fiction stories. For much of his life, he was a boxer and diver, in addition to being a writer.
His book Gentle Ben was the basis for the movie and television show of the same name.
[edit] Bibliography
- No Cheers, No Glory (1945)
- Gentle Ben (1965)
- Kävik the Wolf Dog (1968)
- Angry Waters (1969)
- Runaway Stallion (1970)
- Gloomy Gus (1970)
- Deep Trouble (1971)
- The Bear of Friday Creek (1971)
- Scrub Dog of Alaska (1971)
- Canyon Winter (1972)
- Home is the North (1973)
- Run Far, Run Fast (1974)
- Operation Blue Bear (1975)
- Year of the Black Pony (1976)
- Sandy and the Rock Star (1979)
- Hero (1980)
- The Lemon Meringue Dog (1980)
- Death Walk (1991)
[edit] Awards
Morey has won the following awards:
- Dutton Junior Animal Book Award for Gentle Ben and Kavik the Wolf Dog
- Sequoia Book Award,
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award.
- The Monique Alexis Hoswoot Award.
