Isabelle Holland (1920–2002)
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Author Isabelle Holland was born in Basel, Switzerland on June 16, 1920. Since her father was an American consul, she grew up in Guatemala City and Liverpool, England until 1940 when her family returned to the United States because of World War II. In 1942, she received a bachelor's degree from toon meer Tulane University. She then worked in the publicity departments for numerous magazines and publishing companies including McCall's, Crown, Lippincott, Harper's, and G. P. Putman. Her first novel, Cecily, was published in 1967 and was followed by about fifty other books for children, young adults, and adults. Many of her young adult novels deal with topics such as death, obesity, rape, and homosexuality. Her novel, Of Love and Death and Other Journeys, was nominated for the 1975 National Book Award. Two of her novels, Bump in the Night and The Man Without a Face, were made into movies. She died in New York City on February 9, 2002 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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- Gangbare naam
- Holland, Isabelle
- Officiële naam
- Holland, Isabelle Christian
- Geboortedatum
- 1920-06-16
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2002-02-09
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Basel, Switzerland
- Plaats van overlijden
- New York, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Guatamala City, Guatamala
Basel, Switzerland - Opleiding
- Tulane University (BA|1942)
University of Liverpool - Beroepen
- young adult writer
novelist
Book Publicist - Relaties
- Lee, Harper (friend)
- Organisaties
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
Harper's
J. B. Lippincott Company
Crown Publishers
McCall's
Kappa Alpha Theta - Korte biografie
- Isabelle Holland was born in Basel, Switzerland, the daughter of the American consul there. She was educated in England and the USA and earned a bachelor's degree from Tulane University in 1942. She settled in New York City and held various jobs, including publicist, for some of New York's top publishing houses. She also wrote more than 50 books, including many prize-winning books for children and young adults, as well as romantic thrillers and gothic mysteries, but the first of them was not published until 1967, when she was in her late forties. She was still writing at the time of her death. Miss Holland's books for young people addressed a variety of difficult or controversial topics, such as death, rape, incest, teen pregnancy, sexual abuse, homosexuality, and the ravages of alcoholism on families. Two of her books have been adapted as films.
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