Nordstrom, Ursula (1910–1988)

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Nordstrom, Ursula (1910–1988)

American editor and author. Born Feb 1, 1910, in New York, NY; died of ovarian cancer on Oct 11, 1988, in New Milford, Connecticut; dau. of William and Marie (Nordstrom) Litchfield; attended Northfield School for Girls and Scudder Preparatory School.

Editor and innovator for Harper and Row, was responsible for publications of E.B. White's Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and books by Ruth Krauss, Shel Silverstein, Tomi Ungerer, Laura Ingalls Wilder, M.E. Kerr (Marijane Meaker), Louise Fitzhugh and others; her own book, The Secret Language, is believed to have been based on her own experiences at boarding school.

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