Emily Cheney Neville

Emily Cheney Neville

Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 – December 14, 1997) was an American author. She was born in Manchester, Connecticut and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1940. She had five children with her husband, Glenn Neville. [cite web |url=http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-61.xml |title=Emily Cheney Neville Papers |accessdate=2007-06-10 |work=The Children's Literature Research Collections |publisher=University of Minnesota] Her first book, "It's Like This, Cat" (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964. [cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm |title=ALA | Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present |date=2007-05-16 |accessdate=2007-06-10 |publisher=American Library Association]

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