Mary Stolz

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Mary Stolz
Born March 24, 1920
Boston, Massachusetts
Died December 15, 2006
Longboat Key, Florida
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Writing period 1950-1999
Genres children's literature, young adult fiction
Literary movement First children's book
The Leftover Elf (1952)

First adult novel
Truth and Consequence (1953)

Mary Stolz (born Mary Slattery, March 24, 1920 – December 15, 2006) was an American writer of young adult fiction. Her works received Newbery Honors in 1962 and 1966 and her entire body of work was awarded the George G. Stone Recognition of Merit in 1982.

Her literary works range from picture books to young-adult novels. Although most of Stolz's books are fictional, she has made a few contributions to magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Ladies' Home Journal, and Seventeen.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Mary Slattery was born on March 24, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts. Raised in Manhattan[1], she attended the Birch Wathen School and served as assistant editor of her school magazine, Birch Leaves.[2] She attended Columbia University from 1936 to 1938 and the Katherine Gibbs School.[1]

[edit] Marriage and children

At age 18, she married Stanley Burr Stolz; they had one son together. Chronic pain from arthritis worsened and she was housebound by 1949. During this time she began writing to occupy her time and ultimately drafted her first novel, To Tell Your Love (1950), on yellow legal pads. She divorced Stanley Stolz in 1956. Under doctor Thomas C. Jaleski's care, her disabling symptoms resolved and in 1965, she married Dr. Jaleski.[2]

[edit] Career

To Tell Your Love brought Ms. Stolz into the stable of children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom. She stayed with the Harper publishing company for much of her career, through its incarnations from Harper & Brothers to the present-day HarperCollins.

[edit] Death and afterward

Ms. Stolz was survived by her son William Stolz, stepson Eugene Jaleski, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. [1]

[edit] Works

[edit] Young adult novels

  • To Tell Your Love (1950)
  • The Sea Gulls Woke Me (1951)
  • The Organdy Cupcakes (1951); republished as Student Nurse
  • In A Mirror (1953)
  • Truth and Consequence (1953)
  • Two by Two (1954)
  • Pray Love, Remember (1954)
  • Rosemary (1955)
  • Hospital Zone (1956)
  • Good-bye My Shadow (1957)
  • Because of Madeline (1957)
  • And Love Replied (1958)
  • Second Nature (1958)
  • Some Merry-Go-Round Music (1959)
  • The Beautiful Friend, and other stories (1960)
  • Wait For Me, Michael (1961)
  • Who Wants Music on Monday? (1963)
  • A Love, or A Season (1964)
  • The Mystery of the Woods (1964)
  • The Noonday Friends (1965)
  • Maximilian's World (1966)
  • By the Highway Home (1971)
  • Leap Before You Look (1972)
  • The Edge of Next Year (1974)
  • Cat in the Mirror (1975)
  • Ferris Wheel (1977)
  • Cider Days (1978)
  • Go and Catch a Flying Fish (1979)
  • What Time of Night Is It? (1981)

Morgan Connor stories:

  • Ready or Not (1953)
  • The Day and the Way We Met (1956)

[edit] Children's novels and picture books

  • The Leftover Elf (1952), illustrated by Peggy Bacon
  • Belling The Tiger (1961), illustrated by Beni Montresor
  • The Great Rebellion (1961), illustrated by Beni Montresor
  • Frédou (1962), illustrated by Tomi Ungerer
  • Pigeon Flight (1962), illustrated by Murray Tinkelman
  • Siri the Conquistador (1963), illustrated by Beni Montresor
  • A Wonderful, Terrible Time (1967), illustrated by Louis Glanzman
  • The Dragons of the Queen (1969), illustrated by Edward Frascino
  • The Story of a Singular Hen and Her Peculiar Children (1969), illustrated by Edward Frascino
  • Juan (1970), illustrated by Louis Glanzman
  • Land's End (1973), illustrated by Dennis Hermanson
  • Cat Walk (1983), illustrated by Erik Blegvad
  • Night of Ghosts and Hermits: Nocturnal Life on the Seashore (1985), illustrated by Susan Gallagher
  • Quentin Corn (1985), illustrated by Pamela Johnson
  • The Cuckoo Clock (1986), illustrated by Pamela Johnson
  • Ivy Larkin (1986)
  • The Scarecrows and Their Child (1987), illustrated by Amy Schwartz
  • Pangur Ban (1988), illustrated by Pamela Johnson
  • Zekmet, the Stone Carver (1988), illustrated by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
  • Bartholomew Fair (1990)
  • Deputy Shep (1991), illustrated by Pamela Johnson
  • Tales at the Mouse Hole (1991), illustrated by Pamela Johnson
  • Say Something (1993), illustrated by Alexander Koshkin
  • The Weeds & The Weather (1994), illustrated by N. Cameron Watson
  • Cezanne Pinto (1994)
  • A Ballad of the Civil War (1997), illustrated by Sergio Martinez
  • Casebook of a Private (Cat's) Eye (1999), illustrated by Pamela Levy

Emmett books, illustrated by Garth Williams:

  • Emmett's Pig (1959)
  • King Emmett the Second (1991)

Barkham Street books:

  • A Dog on Barkham Street (1960), illustrated by Leonard Shortall
  • The Bully of Barkham Street (1963), illustrated by Leonard Shortall
  • The Explorer of Barkham Street (1985), illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully

Thomas and Grandfather books, illustrated by Pat Cummings:

  • Storm in the Night (1988)
  • Go Fish (1991)
  • Stealing Home (1992)
  • Coco Grimes (1994)

[edit] Awards

  • 1953 Child Study Children's Book Award, In a Mirror
  • 1962 American Library Association (ALA) Newbery Honor, Belling the Tiger
  • Boys' Club Junior Book Award, The Bully of Barkham Street
  • 1966 Newbery Honor, 'The Noonday Friends
  • National Book Award finalist, The Edge of Next Year
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Award honor book, The Edge of Next Year
  • 1982 George G. Stone Center Recognition Of Merit, entire body of work
  • 1993 Kerlan Award[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Fox, Margalit. "Mary Stolz, 86, Who Wrote Noted Novels for the Young", New York Times, January 22, 2007, p. A18. 
  2. ^ a b Mary Stolz Biographical Sketch.
  3. ^ Awards, Grants & Fellowships. University of Minnesota.

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