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Zilpha Keatley Snyder

American author (–)

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, – October 7, ) was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm.

She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.

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    • Biography

    Snyder earned a BA from Whittier College in , and also attended the University of California at Berkeley from to [1] Her obituary in The Washington Post notes, "Mrs. Snyder displayed almost uncanny insight into the intellectual, emotional and imaginative lives of boys and girls, a perspective gained in part through her years as a schoolteacher", noting that while she accompanied her husband "on his careers in the military and in music, she taught at schools in New York, Washington State, Alaska and California."[2] After they settled in Berkeley, she taught the upper grades of elementary school.[3]

    She began writing fiction in the s and worked with influential children's book editor Jean Karl on her debut novel Season of Ponies, which Atheneum Books published in [4] This was the first of her thirteen collaborations with illustrator Alston Raible.

    Between and , Snyder completed 46 books. Atheneum published her first 22 books and (as a Simon & Schuster imprint) her last three books. Her New York Times obituary noted, “She mixed realism and the supernatural, and her stories often had endings that could be interpreted from either viewpoint. Her plots were tight, and her protagonists were often vital, thoughtful, courageous females."[5]

    After having written the novel Below the Root and its two sequels, Snyder was heavily involved in the Below the Root computer game that is set in the Green Sky universe, occurring after the events of the final novel, Until the Celebration.

    She worked with programmer Dale Disharoon on several aspects of the game including the map and characters.[6][7]

    Zilpha Keatley Snyder died at the age of 87 in from a stroke in San Francisco.[4]

    Awards and honors

    In , The Witches of Worm was also a finalist for the National Book Award in the Children's Book category.[8]

    In , Snyder was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) degree from Whittier College.[9]

    Her manuscripts are archived in the Children's Literature Research Collections of the Kerlan Collection, at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.[10]

    Published books

    The Egypt Game series

    Stanley Family series

    • The Headless Cupid (), also issued as A Witch in the Family – Newbery Honor Book[11]
    • The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case ()
    • Blair's Nightmare ()
    • Janie's Private Eyes ()

    Green Sky trilogy

    Main article: Green Sky Trilogy

    Castle Court Kids series

    • The Diamond War ()
    • The Box and the Bone ()
    • Ghost Invasion ()
    • Secret Weapons ()

    Gib series

    William S series

    • William S and the Great Escape ()
    • William's Midsummer Dreams () – her last book published.

    Other

    • Season of Ponies (Atheneum Books, ) – her first book[4]
    • The Velvet Room ()[11]
    • Zilpha Keatley Snyder ()
    • Black and Blue Magic ()[12]
    • Eyes in the Fishbowl ()
    • Today Is Saturday () - poetry
    • The Changeling ()[11]
    • The Witches of Worm () – Newbery Honor Book[11]
    • The Princess and the Giants ()
    • The Truth About Stone Hollow (), also issued as The Ghosts of Stone Hollow
    • Heirs of Darkness ()
    • A Fabulous Creature ()
    • Come on, Patsy ()
    • The Birds of Summer ()
    • The Changing Maze ()
    • And Condors Danced ()
    • Squeak Saves the Day and Other Tooley Tales ()
    • Song of the Gargoyle ()
    • Libby on Wednesday ()
    • Fool's Gold ()
    • Cat Running ()
    • The Trespassers ()
    • The Runaways ()
    • Spyhole Secrets ()
    • The Ghosts of Rathburn Park ()
    • The Unseen ()
    • The Magic Nation Thing ()
    • The Treasures Of Weatherby ()
    • The Bronze Pen (Atheneum, )

    References

    1. ^Obituary: "Zilpha Keatley Snyder ()", October 15,
    2. ^Langer, Emily.

      Zilpha keatley snyder Information. But when a drifter enters their lives, their unquestioning trust and acceptance of him lead to their involvement with a drug gang. Blair also solves problems. She states she wants to live with her father because he gives her everything she asks for, but when David tells her that her father could make provisions for her to live with him if he wanted to, Amanda explodes.

      "Zilpha Keatley Snyder, celebrated author of ‘The Egypt Game’ and other classics, dies", The Washington Post. October 14,

    3. ^Chawkins, Steve. "Zilpha Keatley Snyder dies at 87; wrote fantastical children’s books", October 19,
    4. ^ abc"Obituary: Zilpha Keatley Snyder", Publishers Weekly.

      October 8, Retrieved

    5. ^Martin, Douglas.

      Zilpha keatley snyder biography of abraham lincoln The payoff here is the storytelling itself. Booktalker, September, , p. And I got in even more serious trouble when I succumbed, in the course of describing some interesting occurrence to my parents, to my chronic urge to make any story really worth telling. My husband says that all authors' autobiographies should be titled And Then I Wrote.

      "Zilpha Keatley Snyder, Author of Eerie Children's Tales, Dies at 87", New York Times. October 13,

    6. ^"Autobiography". Zilpha Keatley Snyder (). Retrieved
    7. ^Below the Root game instruction manual.
    8. ^The National Book Foundation website, Accessed November 23,
    9. ^"Honorary Degrees | Whittier College".

      . Retrieved

    10. ^Zilpha Keatley Snyder Papers.

      Zilpha keatley snyder biography of abraham maslow My mother was born in California, the youngest of six children. The Egypt Girls. David has met her only once before, but he has a premonition that things will be dramatically different after she arrives. Snyder is sensitive to the sociological and psychological issues facing adolescents.

      Identifier: CLRC, Accessed November 23,

    11. ^ abcdeHelbig, Alethea; Perkins, Agnes (). 'Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, Recent Books of Recognized Merit', Volume 2. New York: Greenwood Publishing Group.

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    12. ^ abPollack, Pamela D. (December ). "Best of the Best". School Library Journal.

      Zilpha keatley snyder biography of abraham The characters' names symbolize their personalities. But once she is published, friends are some-what Melissa and Douglas Snyder, about more hesitant about calling up for long midmorning chats, and recruiters for the United Fund, the PTA and Faculty Wives are a little less inclined to put her on the "readily available" list. Ideas for Reports and Papers. Readers already know and care about April, Melanie, and Elizabeth as people before necessarily realizing that they are respectively Caucasian, black, and Chinese.

      26 (4): 61–

    13. ^Wilton, Shirley M. (May ). "Until the Celebration (Book Review)". School Library Journal. 23 (9):

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