Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George

(1919–2012) young adult author United States

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Jean Craighead George (1919–2012) was a United States young adult author, known for Julie of the Wolves|My Side of the Mountain.

About Jean Craighead George

Jean Carolyn Craighead George was an American writer of more than one hundred books for children and young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and Newbery Honor My Side of the Mountain. Common themes in George's works are the environment and the natural world. Beside children's fiction, she wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods and one autobiography published 30 years before her death, Journey Inward.

Known for:

Julie of the Wolves|My Side of the Mountain

Notable works:

Julie of the Wolves

Awards:

Newbery Medal|Regina Medal|Zilveren Griffel

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