Eloise McGraw

Eloise Jarvis McGraw (December 9, 1915 - November 30, 2000) was an author of children's books. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels "Moccasin Trail" (1952), "The Golden Goblet" (1962), and "The Moorchild" (1997). "A Really Weird Summer" (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are "Greensleeves", "Pharaoh", The Seventeenth Swap, and "Mara, Daughter of the Nile". The last book she wrote was "Yo! Yo! Yo!", it made the Newberry Honor list.

McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) "Merry Go Round in Oz" (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and "The Forbidden Fountain of Oz", and later writing "The Rundelstone of Oz" on her own. 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.

She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of "complications of cancer".

McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. They had two children, Peter and Lauren.

External links

* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv20868 Guide to the Eloise McGraw papers at the University of Oregon]