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Alice Abbott

Born: 1916   Pullman
Died: 2013
Parents: Paul M. and Vinnie Bensinger Kilby
Spouse: James Borland
Children: James Barton, Susan Lee
Address(es):
Permanent :
1555 N Main St
Frankfort , IN 46041
Contact Information:
Phone : 765-659-2364

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Irena
- Under pseudonym Jane Land 		Romance , Suspense/Thriller Adult Doubleday 1979
These Tigers' Hearts
- Under pseudonym Jane Land 		Fiction Children Garden City, NY : Doubleday 1978
To Walk the Night
- Under pseudonym Jane Land 		Fiction Children New York : Ballantine 1976
Goodbye Julie Scott
- Under pseudonym Alice Abbott 		Fiction Adult New York : Ace Books 1975
Goodbye to Stony Crick Fiction Children New York : McGraw-Hill 1974
The Third Tower
- Under pseudonym Alice Abbott. Ruth Hood hires on as a teacher to blind Sheila at Dunrovin off the coast of Maine. The mystery is a puzzler. 		Mystery Adult New York : Ace Books 1974
Clocks, From Shadow to Atom Non Fiction Children Chicago : Follett 1969
Harry Houdini, Young Magician
- Childhood of Famous Americans series 		Non Fiction Children Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1969
Phillis Wheatley: Young Colonial Poet
- Childhood of Famous Americans series 		Non Fiction Children Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1968
Eugene Field, Young Poet
- Childhood of Famous Americans series 		Non Fiction Children Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1964
Everybody Laughed and Laughed
-  Tells in rhyme how Nicolaus Copernicus, Christopher Columbus, Louis Pasteur and the Wright brothers were once laughed at for their ideas under the pseudonym Jane and Ross Land 		Picture Book Children Indianapolis, IN : E.C. Seale 1964
Miles and the Big Black Hat
- Under pseudonym Jane and Ross Land 		Picture Book Children Indianapolis, IN : E.C. Seale 1964
Allan Pinkerton, Young Detective
- Childhood of Famous Americans series 		Non Fiction Children Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1962
Southern Yankees Fiction Children Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill 1960
What is the aim or goal of your writing: In the 2nd edition of Michigan Authors, "She says: 'Everything I have written has been done with Helen Ross Speicher of Indianapolis as co-author. Friends since childhood, we live 40 miles apart and commute to write together two days a week'."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Co-recipient, award for most distinguished children's book by an Indiana author, Indiana University 1970
National Gothic Novel contest, second prize

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Something about the Author, volume 16 1993
Michigan Authors, 3rd ed. 1993
Michigan Authors, 2nd ed. 1980
Contemporary Authors
- Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 53-56 Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, volume 4 		1975 -1981
Indiana Authors and Their Books, 1917-1966
- now online 		1974
Biography Index
Who's Who in America
Writers Directory

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Butler University Indianapolis , IN 1937

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Freelance writer 1942
Editor North Side Tropics Indianapolis , IN 1939 -1942

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