Florence Parry Heide was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. She began her undergraduate studies at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, then transferred to the University of California at Los Angeles, from which she received her degree in 1939. She moved to New York City and began working in advertising and public relations. When World War II began, she returned to Pittsburgh and became publicity director of The Pittsburgh Playhouse. She met her future husband in 1943 and married him six weeks later.
After the war ended, Heide moved with her husband to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where her husband began a private law practice. She raised their children, and began writing children's books. In 1967, her first book, Maximilian, was published. Over the course of her career, she has published more than 100 books for children, including several collections of poetry.
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Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Kenoska (imaginary place), fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Juvenile literature, Family life, Christianity, Conduct of life, Humorous stories, Short stories, Stories in rhyme, American poetry, Animals, Children's poetry, American, Children's stories, American, City and town life, Families, Family life, fiction, Friendship, Friendship, fiction, Individuality, Juvenile poetry, MonstersTime
Civil War, 1975-1990ID Numbers
- OLID: OL218794A
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- Florence Heide
- Florence P. Heide
- Heide, Florence Parry, Clief, Sylvia Van
- Sylvia W. Van Clief Florence Parry Heide
- Heide And Gilliland
- Flroence Parry Heide
- Florence H. Parry
- Florence H Parry
- Heidi Florence Parry
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