Emily Cheney Neville | |
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Born | |
Died | December 14, 1997 | (aged 77)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College (1940) |
Spouse | Glenn Neville (m. 1948) |
Children | 5 |
Awards |
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Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 – December 14, 1997) [1] was an American author. Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964. [2]
Neville was born on December 28, 1919, in Manchester, Connecticut, to Howell and Anne Bunce Cheney, and was the youngest of her siblings. [1] She attended Oxford School in Hartford, then graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in economics in 1940. [1]
Neville married Glenn Neville, a newspaperman, [3] in 1948, [1] [4] and the couple had five children. [1] [4] After her children were born, she took a break from writing until all her children were school aged. [1] The family lived in New York City. [3]
Neville died December 14, 1997 in Keene Valley, New York. [1] [5]
After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1940, Neville worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror newspapers. [3]
Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964. [2] Her other works include Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeenth-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969). [4]
"Her books have been praised by critics for their emphasis on realism and honest depiction of adolescent life," especially urban life. [4]
In 1976, Neville received her J.D. from Albany Law School and began a private law practice, though she continued to write, publishing The Bridge in 1988 and The China Year in 1991. [5]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1964 | It's Like This, Cat | Newbery Medal | Winner | [2] [6] |
1965 | It's Like This, Cat | Vermont Golden Dome Book Award | Nominee | |
1966 | Berries Goodman | Jane Addams Children's Book Award | Winner | [6] |
1967 | Berries Goodman | Vermont Golden Dome Book Award | Nominee |
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