Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham:
(September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968).
American writer of children’s books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing.
Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of Thimble Summer (1938) and the Newbery runner-up Gone-Away Lake (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet (1941 to 1951).
A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted in anthologies and textbooks.
October sunshine bathed the park with such a melting light that it had the dimmed impressive look of a landscape by an old master.
