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Barbara Brooks Wallace

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 02 1922

Died: 2626 11 20182018

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Award-winning American children's writer. Has received, among others, the NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for 'Claudia' , as well as the William Allen White Children's Book Award for 'Peppermints in the Parlor' .

Wallace was born and spent her childhood in China, but then moved to the United States. San Francisco was often a port of entry for her family, who lived in a huge, white-pillared mansion on the side of a hill, later to become the Sugar Hill Hall mansion which served as the setting for some of her most popular books. She was a UCLA graduate.

Wallace won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America for 'The Twin in the Tavern' and for 'Sparrows in the Scullery' . 'Cousins in The Castle' (1997 and 'Ghosts in the Gallery' were also nominated for an Edgar Award.

Barbara Brooks Wallace

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 02 1922

Died: 2626 11 20182018

Website: Go to Website

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Barbara Brooks Wallace

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Books from Barbara Brooks Wallace

Peppermints in the Parlor

The Perils of Peppermints

The Twin in the Tavern

Sparrows in the Scullery

Cousins in the Castle

Ghosts in the Gallery

Claudia

Secret in St. Something

Miss Switch to the Rescue

The Barrel in the Basement

The Trouble With Miss Switch

The Secret Summer of L.E.B.

Diary of a Little Devil

Miss Switch's Bathsheba & the Cat Caper

Can Do, Missy Charlie

Dragon For Hire

Miss Switch and the Vile Villains

Hawkins

Hello, Claudia!

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