Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 – November 30, 2000) was an American author of children's books and young adult novels.[1]

Career

McGraw also contributed to the

Oz series started by L. Frank Baum; working with her daughter, graphic artist and librarian Lauren Lynn McGraw, she wrote Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise; Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit. McGraw's The Rundelstone of Oz
was published in 2000 without a credit to her daughter.

Author Gina Wickwar credited McGraw with help in the editing of her book The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000).[2]

Awards

She was awarded the

Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America, as later did Tangled Web (1994).[3] McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, The Seventeenth Swap, The Striped Ships and Mara, Daughter of the Nile. A Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
was given to Moccasin Trail in 1963.

Personal life

McGraw lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of "complications of cancer."[4] She was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. They had two children, Peter and Lauren.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Lauren Lynn McGraw, "Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 1915–2000," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 5-7.
  2. ^ Gina Wickwar, "Early Morning Musings: Writing The Hidden Prince of Oz," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 20-24.
  3. ^ "Search result for "Eloise Jarvis McGraw" in Edgars database (retrieved January 6, 2022)". Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Author, Correspondent, Friend: Tributes to Eloise Jarvis McGraw," The Baum Bugle, Vol. 45 No. 2 (Autumn 2001), pp. 8-13.
  5. ^ Commire, Anne. Something About the Author, Gale Publishing, 1971
  6. ^ a b Drew, Bernard A. (2010). Literary Afterlife: The Posthumous Continuations of 325 Authors' Fictional Characters, p. 197. McFarland & Company, Inc.
  7. ^ McGarry, Daniel D., White, Sarah Harriman, Historical Fiction Guide: Annotated Chronological, Geographical, and Topical List of Five Thousand Selected Historical Novels. Scarecrow Press, New York, 1963 (pg. 22)

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