Category: North American Authors
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Goudey, Alice E
About the author Alice E Goudey (1989–82) was born in Kansas, and educated at Kansas University. She taught, and started working in the publishing trade during World War I. Her husband, Earl, entered the military, and Alice acted as his substitute, working with a publisher of trade magazines. When her family arrived, she wanted to…
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Hader, Berta and Elmer
About the author Berta and Elmer Hader created over 100 wonderfully illustrated children’s books. They studied at the California School of Design, with Elmer going on to create the first one-man, one-themed show at the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. In the 1920s, they worked together to create beautiful children’s pages in magazines which…
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Hays, Wilma Pitchford
About the author Wilma Pitchford Hays wrote many books for children; some on historical themes, many on animals, and some combining both themes. Biographical information on her is rather thin on the ground. Finding the books:All are reasonably easy to find. Links and sourcesTerri Wear: Horse Stories – An Annotated BibliographyWilma Pitchford Hays’ papers are…
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Hess, Fjeril
About the author Fjeril Hess (b.1893) was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She was educated at MacMurray College, and then taught in Nevada’s Big Smoky Valley. She served as director of sports for the American YWCA in Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia from 1919–1921. On her return from Czechoslovakia she became managing editor of the Woman’s Press…
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Higdon, Hal
About the author Hal Higdon (b.1931) writes books about sport: non fiction and fiction. I had thought, when I found William Neuman’s title The Horse That Played the Outfield, that there could only possibly be one book in which a horse played baseball, but I was wrong. Perhaps there are more than two. Perhaps there…