Alice
Abbott
Born:
1916
Pullman
,
MI
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
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
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Litchfield High School | Litchfield , MI | 1886 |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Freelance writer | 1942 | ||
Editor | North Side Tropics | Indianapolis , IN | 1939 -1942 |
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