Elizabeth Enright
17 September 1909 – 8 June 1968
20 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham (September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968) was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet (1941 to 1951). A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Enright
Also published as: E. Enright, elizabeth enright, Elizabeth (Gillham) Enright, Elisabeth Enright
Most-read books
Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake #1)
4.3 · 1957 · 83 want to read
The Saturdays
5 · 1923 · 42 want to read
Thimble Summer
3.7 · 1659 · 39 want to read
The four-story mistake
4.5 · 1942 · 23 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
1989 · 20 want to read
Spiderweb for Two
3.3 · 1951 · 14 want to read
Then there were five
5 · 1944 · 14 want to read
The moment before the rain
1950 · 14 want to read
Return to Gone-Away (Gone-Away Lake #2)
5 · 1961 · 14 want to read
Tatsinda
5 · 1963 · 9 want to read
Melendy Family
1944 · 7 want to read
Kintu
1935 · 5 want to read
The sea is all around
1940 · 5 want to read
Zeee
1965 · 4 want to read
Borrowed summer
1946 · 4 want to read
Doublefields
1966 · 4 want to read
The riddle of the fly
1911 · 2 want to read
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Elizabeth Enright
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2017
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2022
A Christmas tree for Lydia
1951