Elizabeth in Alaska   Biography Books for Kids Books for Adults Just the Facts Films Journalism Links Page Home Page CONTACT INFORMATION Email:  granite@elizabethhall.net   Elizabeth Hall Elizabeth's first dolphin adventure, 1988. *   *   * "Nylak", the model for Granite in Child of the Wolves, was born in 1986. Here she is during sled-dog training. *   *   * "Nylak", all grown up, the model for Granite in Child of the Wolves.  *   *   * A Wolf with his human "mother" at the International Wildlife Center in Ely, Minnesota. This picture was taken by Elizabeth while researching Child of the Wolves.

Elizabeth Hall Books for Children *  *  *   Elizabeth Hall’s books for children have characters as varied as a grieving wolf, a frightened Siberian husky puppy, a dolphin searching the Pacific Ocean for her brother, and an Indian girl who is fleeing from the United States Army.   This California-born author has lived in Waccabuc since 1975, when, as Managing Editor of Psychology Today magazine, she was transferred to New York City.  In 1976, she left to become Editor-in-Chief of Human Nature, a new magazine of the human sciences.  When that magazine folded, she became an author of college textbooks.  Over the next decade, she wrote half a dozen textbooks in psychology and human development for Random House and John Wiley & Sons.  She was also consultant to WQED/ Pittsburgh’s 5-part PBS series, Seasons of Life (1990) and co-author of the accompanying trade book.      Elizabeth Hall & Scott O'Dell ©1984, Early Years   During her 23-year marriage to noted children’s author Scott O’Dell, she also wrote six books for young readers, including three prize-winning books in psychology.  Upon O’Dell’s death, she returned to the world of children’s literature by finishing his manuscript in progress.  It was published as Thunder Rolling in the Mountains and dramatizes the valiant flight of the Nez Perce Indians as they attempted to reach the safety of Canada.  Subsequently, she wrote Venus Among the Fishes, in which a dolphin describes her adventures through dangerous waters and her experiences as a performer in a marine show and an aide to U.S. Navy divers.    Child of the Wolves, which received national recognition in 1999 as the Children’s Crown Classic Book, relates the struggles of a puppy who escapes from his Alaskan kennel and struggles to earn a place among a pack of wolves.     Elizabeth Hall also administers the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction, an annual prize established by her late husband, the author of Island of the Blue Dolphins. Each year the award of $5,000 goes to the author of a meritorious historical novel for children, set in the Western Hemisphere and written by a citizen of the United States.     Children's Books by Elizabeth Hall   1967   Voltaire’s Micromegas.  A retelling of Voltaire’s story of a  visit to Earth by a 20-mile tall giant from Sirius and his companion, a mile-high “dwarf” from    Saturn.  Illus. by Don Freeman.  Golden Gate Press.  Out of print.       * * *   1968  Phoebe Snow.    A story about Lucy Snow’s great adventure in 1904, when she dresses like the girl in a railroad advertising poster to get a free ride to the St. Louis Exposition.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Nominee. Out of print.       * * *   1971 Stand Up, Lucy!  In Lucy’s next adventure, she gets in trouble when she joins the campaign to get women the right to vote.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  Out of print.               * * *   1973    Why We Do What We Do: A Look at Psychology.   An introduction to the field of  psychology: what it is and how it helps us to understand ourselves and others. Houghton Mifflin Co.  Runner-up, American Psychological Foundation Award. Out of print.             * * *     1975    From Pigeons to People: A Look at Behavior Shaping.  An introduction to the field of behavior modification, from the experiments that taught pigeons to guide missiles to its use in curing the bad habits of pets--and of ourselves.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  Runner-up, American Psychological Foundation Award.  Out of Print.         * * *       1977   Possible Impossibilities: A Look at Parapsychology. A tour of the field of paranormal phenomena--such as ESP, precognition, and psycho kinesis--that shows what may be real and what is trickery, chance, or honest mistakes.  Houghton Mifflin Co. ALA Notable Book for Young Adults.  Out of print.       * * *         1992   Thunder Rolling in the Mountains.  (with Scott O’Dell).  Told by the daughter of Chief Joseph, this story describes the Nez Perce tribe’s struggle in 1877 to escape the U.S. Army and reach the safety of Canada.  Houghton Mifflin Co. [hardcover]; Dell Yearling [paperback]. Editor’s Choice, Trumpet Book Club, 1992. Notable 1992 Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Science. South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee.                   * * *         1995 Venus Among the Fishes.  (with Scott O’Dell),  The dolphin Coral describes her search for her brother through dangerous waters, her captivity, and her encounters with humans.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  [hardcover]; Dell Yearling [paperback]. Volunteer State Award (Tennessee) Nominee, 1998/99.                                   * * *       1996 Child of the Wolves.  Granite, a Siberian husky puppy, escapes from his Alaskan kennel and meets a pack of wolves, whose Alpha female is grieving for her own lost pups.  Granite is allowed to accompany the wolves, but he must earn his place in the pack, a feat that proves difficult.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  [hardcover]; Dell Yearling [paperback].  Junior Library Guild Selection.  Scholastic Book Club Selection. Volunteer State Award (Tennessee) Nominee, 1998/99. Children’s Crown Classic Book, 1999.  Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee, 1999/2000.           © 2002. All Rights Reserved. No image or text may be reproduced without written consent. Equine Design 4 U Last Updated: December 9, 2002