Person Detail: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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General Information:
Full Name: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Biography: (1896-1953) Writer, novelist. Marjorie Rawlings was born in Washington, District of Columbia. She worked for the Rochester Journal in the 1930s. She lived part of each year in Van Hornesville, New York, beginning in 1947. In 2008 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-fourth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
Author's Timeline:
1947		Herkimer County Ms. Rawlings lived part of each year in Van Hornesville, New York, beginning in 1947.
1930		Monroe County Ms. Rawlings worked for the Rochester Journal in Rochester, New York, in the 1930s.
1896		(Unknown) County Marjorie Kinnan was born in Washington, District of Columbia, on August 8, 1896.
1953		(Unknown) County Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings died in Saint Augustine, Florida, on December 14, 1953.
1953		(Unknown) County The Sojourner (Pub: Scribner's ISBN: 1125728086 / 978-1125728086) Novel.
1938		(Unknown) County The Yearling (Pub: Scribner's ISBN: 0105700460 / 978-0105700463) Novel, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.
1942		(Unknown) County Cross Creek (Pub: Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN: ) Novel.
1933		(Unknown) County South Moon Under (Pub: C. Scribner's Sons ISBN: 1299503764 / 978-1299503762) Novel.
1935		(Unknown) County Golden Apples (Pub: Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN: ) Novel.
1940		(Unknown) County When the Whippoorwill (Pub: Charles Scribners Sons LTD ISBN: 1131511204 / 978-1131511207) Collection of short stories.
1955		(Unknown) County The Secret River (Pub: Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN: 0935259023 / 978-0935259025) Children's book and winner of a Newbery Honor in 1956.
1953		(Unknown) County Ms. Rawlings was interred at Antioch Cemetery near Island Grove, Florida.
1950		(Unknown) County Jacob's Ladder (Pub: University of Miami Press ISBN: ) Novel.
1942		(Unknown) County Cross Creek Cookery (Pub: C. Scribner's Sons ISBN: 0684104873 / 978-0684104874) Cookbook.