Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 in Trinidad – June 11, 1979 in Woodbury, Connecticut) was an American author and book editor who wrote over 40 children's books, mostly illustrated by Katherine Milhous. [1]
Alice Dalgliesh immigrated to America in 1913[2] where she studied at the Pratt Institute. She received her Master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and taught at the Horace Mann School, before writing her first book, A Happy School Year, in 1924. Some of her Newbery Honor books include, The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble. In 1959 The Courage of Sara Noble won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
Dalgliesh was the children's book editor at Scribner's from 1934 to 1960.[3] She also developed science fiction books. She was Robert A. Heinlein's editor at Scribner's, and fought with him about his work, from Red Planet (novel), ending with Starship Troopers.[4] This was detailed in letters published in Grumbles from the Grave by Virginia Heinlein.
Her papers are held at University of Minnesota.[5]