Julia Woolfolk Cunningham (October 4, 1916 – February 27, 2008) was an American author of children's literature.[1] She is best remembered for her novel Dorp Dead which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and for The Treasure Is The Rose which was a finalist for the National Book Award.[1] Her 1980 book, A Mouse called Junction, was illustrated by Michael Hague.[2]
She was sister to John W. Cunningham, a Western author who created the story of the 1952 Western film High Noon.[1] Her first cousin was the neuroscientist and physician John C. Lilly.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Julia Woolfolk Cunningham 1916 - 2008, Santa Barbara". Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ Nickerson, Mary B. (May 1980). "Review: 'A Mouse Called Junction'". School Library Journal. Vol. 26, no. 9. p. 53. ISSN 0362-8930. Retrieved September 1, 2024 – via EBSCOhost.
External links
edit- Julia Cunningham at Library of Congress, with 25 library catalog records
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