Betsy Byars
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| Born | August 7, 1928 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genres | Realistic Fiction |
| Notable work(s) | Summer of the Swans, The Night Swimmers |
Betsy Cromer Byars (August 7, 1928 - ) is an American children's author. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal.[1] She has also received a National Book Award, for The Night Swimmers (1980), and an Edgar Award, for Wanted...Mud Blossom (1991). In 1987 she received the Regina Medal, for lifetime achievement, from the Catholic Library Association.
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[edit] Life
Byars was born Betsy Cromer August 7, 1928, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, from 1946 to 1948, and graduated in 1950 from Queens College in Charlotte, with a bachelor's degree in English.
Cromer married Ed Byars June 24, 1950, and they had three daughters and a son between 1951 and 1958. In 1956, she began writing for magazines. Her first book, Clementine, was published in 1962. [2]
Betsy and Ed Byars are both licensed aircraft pilots and live on an airstrip in Seneca, South Carolina, the bottom floor of their house being a hangar. [3]
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[edit] Works
- 1962 Clementine
- 1965 The Dancing Camel
- 1966 Rama, the Gypsy Cat
- 1967 The Groober
- 1968 The Midnight Fox
- 1970 Summer of the Swans
- 1971 Go and Hush the Baby
- 1972 The House of Wings
- 1973 The 18th Emergency
- 1974 After the Goat Man
- 1976 The TV Kid
- 1977 The Pinballs
- 1978 The Cartoonist
- 1978 The Winged Colt of Casa Mia
- 1979 Trouble River
- 1980 The Night Swimmers
- 1981 The Cybil War
- 1982 The Animal, The Vegetable, and John D. Jones
- 1982 The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish
- 1983 The Glory Girl
- 1984 The Computer Nut
- 1985 Cracker Jackson
- 1990 Good-Bye, Chicken Little
- 1991 The Seven Treasure Hunts
- 1992 Coast to Coast
- 1993 McMummy
- 1995 Growing Up Stories
- 1996 The Joy Boys
- 1996 Tornado (illustrated by Doron Ben-Ami)
- 2002 Keeper of the Doves
- 2004 The SOS File
- 2004 Top Teen Stories (contribution)
[edit] Ant Series
- 1996 My Brother, Ant
- 1997 Ant Plays Bear
[edit] Bingo Brown Series
- 1988 The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown
- 1991 Bingo Brown and the Language of Love
- 1992 Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover
- 1992 Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance
[edit] The Blossom Family Series
- 1986 The Not-Just-Anybody Family
- 1986 The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
- 1987 The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
- 1987 A Blossom Promise
- 1991 Wanted...Mud Blossom
[edit] The Golly Sisters Series
- 1985 The Golly Sister Go West
- 1990 Hooray for the Golly Sisters
- 1994 The Golly Sisters Ride Again"
[edit] Herculeah Jones Series
- 1994 The Dark Stairs
- 1995 Tarot Says Beware
- 1996 Dead Letter
- 1997 Death's Door
- 1998 Disappearing Acts
- 2006 King of Murder
- 2006 The Black Tower
[edit] References
- Autobiography. Retrieved July 2, 2006.
- Betsy Byars. Random House, Inc. Retrieved July 2, 2006.
- Books by Betsy Byars. Retrieved August 5, 2006.
- The Alan Review
