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Full Name: Joan W. Blos
Biography:
(1928-2017) Writer. Joan Blos was born in New York City and died in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Author's Timeline:
1928 (Unknown) County
Joan Winsor Blos was born in New York City on December 9, 1928. 
2017 (Unknown) County
Joan Blos died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 12, 2017. 
1979 (Unknown) County
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
(Pub: Charles Scribner's Sons ISBN: 0684163403 / 978-0684163406)
Ms. Blos won the United States National Book Award for Children's Books and the Newbery Medal for her novel, "A Gathering Of Days." 
1949 Dutchess County
Ms. Blos graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1949. 
1956 New York County
Ms. Blos received a master of arts degree from the City University of New York in 1956. 
1968 (Unknown) County
It’s Spring, She Said
(Pub: Alfred A. Knopf ISBN: )
Children's book. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Old Henry
(Pub: William Morrow & Company ISBN: 0688063993 / 978-0688063993)
Children's book. 
2007 (Unknown) County
Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852
(Pub: Atheneum Books for Young Readers ISBN: 0689870779 / 978-0689870774)
Novel. 
1985 (Unknown) County
Brothers of the Heart: A Story of the Old Northwest 1837-1838
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: 0684184524 / 978-0684184524)
Novel. 
1984 (Unknown) County
Martin's Hats
(Pub: William Morrow & Company ISBN: 0688020275 / 978-0688020279)
Children's book. 
1991 (Unknown) County
The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and Otherwise of the Life of Molly Brown
(Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0688075460 / 978-0688075460)
Children's book. 
1998 (Unknown) County
Bedtime!
(Pub: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing ISBN: 0689810318 / 978-0689810312)
Children's book. 
1994 (Unknown) County
Brooklyn Doesn't Rhyme
(Pub: Atheneum ISBN: 0684196948 / 978-0684196947)
Children's book. 
1999 (Unknown) County
Hello, Shoes!
(Pub: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing ISBN: 0689814410 / 978-0689814419)
Children's book. 

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