Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Zilpha Keatley Snyder (born 1927) is an acclaimed author of books for children and young adults. Snyder was awarded three Newbery Honor Book awards for "The Egypt Game", "The Headless Cupid" and "The Witches of Worm". Since 1964, Snyder has completed 43 books. She is most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.

Biography

Snyder was born in Lemoore, California and has spent all but brief periods of her life in the Northern California area. [ [http://biography.jrank.org/pages/1826/Snyder-Zilpha-Keatley-1927.html biography] ]

Bibliography

Game Series

*"The Egypt Game" (1967)
*"The Gypsy Game" (1997)
*"The Gypsy Game Teacher's Guide" (1998)

tanley Family Series

*"The Headless Cupid" (1971)
*"The Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case" (1979)
*"Blair's Nightmare" (1984)
*"Janie's Private Eyes" (1989)

tone Hollow Series

*"The Truth About Stone Hollow" (1974)
*"The Ghosts of Stone Hollow" (1978)

Green Sky Series

*"Below the Root" (1975)
*"And All Between" (1976)
*"Until the Celebration" (1977)

Castle Court Series

*"The Box and the Bone" (1995)
*"The Diamond War" (1995)
*"Ghost Invasion" (1995)
*"Secret Weapons" (1995)
*"Alexis Danger" (2001)

Gib Series

*"Gib Rides Home" (1998)
*"Gib and the Gray Ghost" (2000)

Novels

*"Season of Ponies" (1964)
*"The Velvet Room" (1965)
*"Black and Blue Magic" (1966)
*"Eyes in the Fishbowl" (1968)
*"Today Is Saturday" (1969)
*"The Changeling" (1970)
*"The Witches of Worm" (1972)
*"The Princess and the Giants" (1973)
*"Witch in the Family" (1977)
*"Heirs of Darkness" (1978)
*"A Fabulous Creature" (1981)
*"The Birds of Summer" (1983)
*"The Changing Maze" (1983)
*"And Condors Danced" (1987)
*"Song of the Gargoyle" (1990)
*"Libby on Wednesday" (1991)
*"Fool's Gold" (1993)
*"Cat Running" (1994)
*"The Trespassers" (1995)
*"The Runaways" (1999)
*"Spyhole Secrets" (2001)
*"The Ghosts of Rathburn Park" (2002)
*"The Unseen" (2004)
*"The Magic Nation Thing" (2005)
*"The Treasures Of Weatherby (2006)
*"The Bronze Pen" (2008)

Other works

*Snyder was heavily involved in "Below the Root", a 1984 computer game that is set in the Green Sky universe after the events of "Until the Celebration". She worked with programmer Dale Disharoon on several aspects of the game, including the map and characters. ref|ComputerGame

Notes

#Note|ComputerGame Instruction manual for "Below the Root"

References

External links

* [http://www.zksnyder.com/ Zilpha Keatley Snyder homepage]