Clymer, Eleanor (1906–2001)

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Clymer, Eleanor (1906–2001)

American children's writer. Born Eleanor Lowenton, Jan 7, 1906, to Russian immigrant parents; died May 30, 2001, in Haverford, Pennsylvania; earned degree in English from University of Wisconsin, 1928; m. Kinsey Clymer (journalist, later social worker); children: Adam Clymer (Washington correspondent for The New York Times).

Published 58 books (1943–83), including A Yard for John (1943), The Trolley Car Family (1947), My Brother Stevie (1967), The Tiny Little House (1964) and Hamburgers—and Ice Cream for Dessert (1975).

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