Born: 11/10/1907   Charleston
Died: 07/21/1997
Parents: Dewitt and Gertrude J. Elwood
Spouse: Clarence A.
Children: Leora Mary Schermerhorn

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Touchmark - An orphaned girl living in pre-Revolutionary Boston longs to be apprenticed to a pewterer.	Fiction , Historical Fiction	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1975 -1992
	Walk a Rocky Road - An Appalachian girl is interested in attending college but considers it an impossibility since her family cannot supply financial backing.	Fiction	Teen	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	1971
	Inside the Gate	Fiction	Teen	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1968
	The Shining Moment	Fiction	Children	New York, NY : Harcout Brace	1960
	Along Comes Spring	Fiction	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1958
	Good morning, my heart - A shy girl gradually attains self-confidence while at college and dreams of one day being the owner of a small newspaper. Set in southwestern Michigan.	Fiction , Michigan	Teen	New York, NY : Harcourt, Brace	1957
	Indigo Magic - Seminole Indians	Fiction	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1956
	Crissy at the Wheel - Little girl helps her father sell horseless carriages in the early 1900s in Michigan	Fiction , Michigan History	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1952
	Sand in Her Shoes	Fiction	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1949
	Peachtree Island - When Cissy, an orphan, hears Uncle Eben, who lives on an island in Lake Erie, say that if she were a boy, he would keep her, Cissy is determined to help him just as a boy would.	Fiction , Michigan	Children	New York, NY : Harcourt Brace	1948
	- Adult short stories published in the United States and abroad	Fiction , Short Stories	Adult

What is the aim or goal of your writing: "I have been especially interested in regional writing, since we have lived and visited a good many fascinating places-a peach orchard on a Lake Erie island, an automobile town (Flint) sprung from a village of wagonmakers, the North Carolina mountains, New Mexico and others." "I feel that knowing the mores of various sections of the country, children will feel more at home in our increasingly complex and changing world. I have been fortunate in earning a living in a way that I love, and I hope some of the fun has been passed on to my readers." She liked to write books for children, to teach historical background. Lawrence began writing books for eight-to-twelve-year-old girls when her daughter reached that age range. In subsequent years her books began addressing contemporary teenage issues. Lawrence believed that as girls reached adolescent and teen years, their problems and pressures grew apace. She used her stories to offer life lessons to the younger generation but tried hard not to seem "preachy." Lawrence initially enjoyed great success, publishing books yearly between 1948 and 1971. By the early 1970s, however, times and teenagers had changed sufficiently to give her difficulty in finding a publisher and audience for her works.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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