Person Detail: Jean Craighead George

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General Information:
Full Name: Jean Craighead George
Biography: (1919-2012) Author. Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Kisco, New York. She was a Newbery Award-winning writer of books for young people.
Author's Timeline:
1919		(Unknown) County Jean Carolyn Craighead was born in Washington, District of Columbia, on July 2, 1919.
1944		(Unknown) County Ms. George married John Lothur George in 1944.
2012		Westchester County Jean Craighead George died in Mount Kisco, New York, on May 15, 2012.
1959		(Unknown) County My Side Of The Mountain (Pub: Puffin Books ISBN: 0-14-034810-7) Novel for older children, which Ms. George also illustrated.
1972		(Unknown) County Julie Of The Wolves (Pub: Harper & Row ISBN: 0-06-021943-2) Novel for older children, illustrated by John Schoenherr, and winner of the Newbery Medal in 1973.
1990		(Unknown) County On The Far Side Of The Mountain (Pub: Dutton Juvenile ISBN: 0525445633 / 978-0525445630) Novel for older children.
1994		(Unknown) County Julie (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060235284 / 978-0060235284 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Wendell Minor.
1997		(Unknown) County Julie's Wolf Pack (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060274069 / 978-0060274061 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Wendell Minor.
1996		(Unknown) County The Tarantula In My Purse (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060236264 / 978-0060236267 ) Memoir for children.
1982		(Unknown) County Journey Inward (Pub: Dutton Adult ISBN: 0525241086 / 978-0525241089) Memoir for adults.
1999		(Unknown) County Frightful's Mountain (Pub: Dutton Juvenile ISBN: 0-525-46166-3 / 978-0525461661 ) Novel for older children.
1992		(Unknown) County The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (Pub: Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN: 006020396X / 978-0060203962) Novel for older children.
1995		(Unknown) County There's an Owl in the Shower (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060248912 / 978-0060248918 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill.
?		Westchester County Ms. George was a longtime resident of Chappaqua, New York.