Born: 06/16/1925   Williamsport , PA
Parents: LaVerne H. and Ruth Shea
Spouse: Charles W. Hellie, president of a Graphics Co
Children: C. Michael, Stephen, Mary Elizabeth, John
Address(es):
Permanent :
1325 Wisteria Dr.
Ann Arbor , MI 48104

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Sunshine - Contributor	Fiction , Poetry	Children	Houghton	1981
	Brian and the Long, Long Scarf	Fiction	Children	Carolrhoda	1973
	Once I had a Monster	Fiction	Children	Merrigold Press	1969
	The Box of Important Things	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Western Publishing	1968
	The Monster Plant	Fiction	Children	Houghton
	Other writings: - Contributor of stories, poems, articles, and reviews in magazines

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, "I am a tiny bit German, a little bit English, and a whale of a lot Irish. Therefore, tall tales come more easily to me than factual ones. One line in a favorite book, Charles Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth, expresses my philosophy very nicely: "Look into your own heart and write!'" CA says, " I try always to keep in mind the Neanderthal story teller in E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel; 'As soon as the audience guessed what happened next, they either fell asleep or killed him.'"

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet

Name	Date
Chicago Book Clinic Award for Brian and the Long, Long Scarf	1974

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