Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham (September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968) was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet (1941 to 1951). A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks.
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Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Cousins, Fairy tales, Vacations, Adventure and adventurers, American Civil War, American drama, American fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Children, Classic Literature, Cold War, Confederacy, Confederate States of America, Drama, Fairies, Family life, Fantasy, Farm life, Farm life, fiction, Found objects (Art), FriendshipPlaces
Africa, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, United States, WisconsinPeople
Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Mr. GascoigneTime
1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775ID Numbers
- OLID: OL33261A
- ISNI: 0000000109506612
- VIAF: 5391106
- Wikidata: Q3051213
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q3051213
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- E. Enright
- elizabeth enright
- Elizabeth (Gillham) Enright
- Elisabeth Enright
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