Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 – December 14, 1997)[1] was an American author. Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.[2]

Emily Cheney Neville
Born(1919-12-28)December 28, 1919
DiedDecember 14, 1997(1997-12-14) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBryn Mawr College (1940)
SpouseGlenn Neville (m. 1948)
Children5
Awards

Personal life and education

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Neville was born on December 28, 1919, in Manchester, Connecticut, to Howell and Anne Bunce Cheney, and was the youngest of her siblings.[1] She attended Oxford School in Hartford, then graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in economics in 1940.[1]

Neville married Glenn Neville, a newspaperman,[3] in 1948,[1][4] and the couple had five children.[1][4] After her children were born, she took a break from writing until all her children were school aged.[1] The family lived in New York City.[3]

Neville died December 14, 1997 in Keene Valley, New York.[1][5]

Career

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After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1940, Neville worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror newspapers.[3]

Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.[2] Her other works include Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeenth-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969).[4]

"Her books have been praised by critics for their emphasis on realism and honest depiction of adolescent life," especially urban life.[4]

In 1976, Neville received her J.D. from Albany Law School and began a private law practice, though she continued to write, publishing The Bridge in 1988 and The China Year in 1991.[5]

Awards and honors

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Awards for Neville's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1964 It's Like This, Cat Newbery Medal Winner [2][6]
1965 It's Like This, Cat Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee
1966 Berries Goodman Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner [6]
1967 Berries Goodman Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominee

Publications

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  • It's Like This, Cat. Illustrated by Emil Weiss. Harper & Row. 1963.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Berries Goodman. Harper Press. 1965.
  • The Seventeenth-Street Gang. Trophy Press. 1966. ISBN 9780064400190.[7]
  • Traveler From a Small Kingdom. Illustrated by George Mocniak. HarperCollins Publishers. 1968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[8]
  • Fogarty. Harper & Row. 1969.[9]
  • Garden of Broken Glass. Delacorte Press. 1975. ISBN 9780440048398.[10]
  • The Bridge. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. HarperCollins Childrens Books. 1988. ISBN 9780060243852.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)[11]
  • The China Year. HarperCollins Childrens Books. 1991. ISBN 9780060243838.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Neville, Emily Cheney". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". American Library Association. 2007-05-16. Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  3. ^ a b c "Emily Cheney Neville". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. ^ a b c d "Emily Cheney Neville Papers". The Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  5. ^ a b Great authors of children's books. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62275-096-2.
  6. ^ a b "Emily Cheney Neville". Britannica Kids. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ "The Seventeenth-Street Gang". Kirkus Reviews. 1966-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  8. ^ "Traveller from a Small Kingdom". Kirkus Reviews. 1968-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  9. ^ "Fogarty". Kirkus Reviews. 1969-11-01. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  10. ^ "Garden of Broken Glass". Kirkus Reviews. 1975-05-01. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  11. ^ "The Bridge". Kirkus Reviews. 1988-08-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  12. ^ "The China Year". Kirkus Reviews. 1991-05-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  13. ^ Anderson, Doris C. (1992). "Books for Children -- The China Year by Emily Cheney Neville". Childhood Education. 68 (3): 176.
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