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American children's writer
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Female
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Death:
11 September 1974
The details
Biography
Introduction
Miriam Young (1913–1974) was an American children's book writer. Of her more than thirty published works, books include Miss Suzy and A Witch's Garden. She has also written many adult books. Mother Wore Tights, her memoir about growing up in a vaudeville family, was adapted as a a film of the same name in 1947.
Selected works
- Mother Wore Tights (1944)
- The Dollar Horse (1961)
- Miss Suzy (1964)
- Jellybeans for Breakfast (1968)
- A Witch's Garden (1973)