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Elizabeth Hall

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              Born: September 17, 1929 in Bakersfield, California

 

              Schools:  Standard School, Oildale, California

 

                              Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield, California

 

                              Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, California

 

                              Fresno State College, Fresno, California

                              B.A. in English; Graduate study in English

 

              First book: Micromegas, 1967

 

              Books written:  6 for young readers; 6 college textbooks;

               2 books for adults

 

              Brothers and Sisters:  Two of each  

 

 

 

Elizabeth's Children

David & Susan

1953

 

 

              Children: Two; one girl, one boy  

 

              Grandchildren: Four; two girls, two boys  

 

              Great-grandchildren: One girl  

 

              Pets: Baby, a Maine coon cat.  For almost 14 years, my daily

                               companion was a Siberian husky named Nylak.  Nylak was the

                               model for Granite in Child of the Wolves and for Black Star in

                               Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O’Dell.

 

              Lives:  Beside a lake in Westchester County, NY, with her husband, Nat

                                 Gilbert, 50 miles north of New York City

 

              Favorite color: purple

 

              Favorite animals:  dolphins, wolves, and dogs

 

              Favorite books: After books by Scott O’Dell, Jane Eyre and Great 

                               Expectations.

 

              Favorite books as a child:  Any of the Oz books.  Fairy tales.

 

              Favorite pastimes:  Reading, gardening, traveling, snorkeling,

                                                    scuba diving, parasailing, white-water rafting.

 

 

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