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Elizabeth Winthrop
ELIZABETH WINTHROP is the author of over sixty works of fiction for all ages.
Her most recent picture book, MAIA AND THE MONSTER BABY, with illustrations by Amanda Haley was published by Holiday House. TWINS, a picture book for toddlers with illustrations by Jane Massey, will be released by Two Lions/Amazon in 2015.
Writing as Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop, she has just published an ebook memoir piece entitled DON'T KNOCK UNLESS YOU'RE BLEEDING, Growing up in Cold War Washington. Her work in progress, another memoir about her childhood, is entitled THE CHILDREN OF SPIES.
The daughter of the journalist, Stewart Alsop,she divides her time between New York City and the Berkshires.
Her most recent historical novel, COUNTING ON GRACE was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the American Library Association, the National Council of Social Studies, the International Reading Association and the Childrens Book Council among others. The novel has also been nominated for state book awards in Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri,Indiana, Hawaii and Arizona.
THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC and its sequel, THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE, were nominated for twenty-three state book awards and are considered childrens fantasy classics.
Her popular picture books include DUMPY LA RUE, SHOES,DOG SHOW, SQUASHED IN THE MIDDLE and most recently, THE FIRST CHRISTMAS STOCKING and THE BIGGEST PARADE. Two of her recent books for older children are THE RED-HOT RATTOONS, a comic fantasy novel and DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, Letters from a Milltown Girl, a work of historical fiction set in western Massachusetts.
Elizabeth is also the author of two novels for adults, IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE and ISLAND JUSTICE. Her short story, The Golden Darters, was a selection of BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES and has been widely anthologized.
Her most recent picture book, MAIA AND THE MONSTER BABY, with illustrations by Amanda Haley was published by Holiday House. TWINS, a picture book for toddlers with illustrations by Jane Massey, will be released by Two Lions/Amazon in 2015.
Writing as Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop, she has just published an ebook memoir piece entitled DON'T KNOCK UNLESS YOU'RE BLEEDING, Growing up in Cold War Washington. Her work in progress, another memoir about her childhood, is entitled THE CHILDREN OF SPIES.
The daughter of the journalist, Stewart Alsop,she divides her time between New York City and the Berkshires.
Her most recent historical novel, COUNTING ON GRACE was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the American Library Association, the National Council of Social Studies, the International Reading Association and the Childrens Book Council among others. The novel has also been nominated for state book awards in Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri,Indiana, Hawaii and Arizona.
THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC and its sequel, THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE, were nominated for twenty-three state book awards and are considered childrens fantasy classics.
Her popular picture books include DUMPY LA RUE, SHOES,DOG SHOW, SQUASHED IN THE MIDDLE and most recently, THE FIRST CHRISTMAS STOCKING and THE BIGGEST PARADE. Two of her recent books for older children are THE RED-HOT RATTOONS, a comic fantasy novel and DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, Letters from a Milltown Girl, a work of historical fiction set in western Massachusetts.
Elizabeth is also the author of two novels for adults, IN MY MOTHER'S HOUSE and ISLAND JUSTICE. Her short story, The Golden Darters, was a selection of BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES and has been widely anthologized.
Novels
Walking Away (1973)
A Little demonstration of Affection (1975)
Knock, Knock, Who's There (1978)
Marathon Miranda (1979)
Miranda in the Middle (1980)
In My Mother's House (1988)
The Best Friends Club (1989)
Luke's Bully (1990)
Island Justice (1998)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2001)
The Red-Hot Rattoons (2003)
Counting on Grace (2006)
A Little demonstration of Affection (1975)
Knock, Knock, Who's There (1978)
Marathon Miranda (1979)
Miranda in the Middle (1980)
In My Mother's House (1988)
The Best Friends Club (1989)
Luke's Bully (1990)
Island Justice (1998)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2001)
The Red-Hot Rattoons (2003)
Counting on Grace (2006)
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Chapter Books show
Books containing stories by Elizabeth Winthrop
The Best American Short Stories 1992 (1992)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and Robert Stone
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