Carolyn Reeder

Carolyn Reeder (November 16, 1937 – January 20, 2012)[1] was an American writer best known for children's historical novels. She also wrote three non-fiction books about Shenandoah National Park for adults together with her husband.[2] She won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.[3] During the last year of her life she wrote a column for children in The Washington Post (KidsPost) about Civil War history.[1]

Carolyn Bruce Owens was born in Washington, D.C..[1] She studied organ and voice at American University where she graduated in 1959 with a degree in music.[1][4] She lived in Glen Echo, Maryland. She was afflicted by kidney cancer and died in a Washington hospital.[1]

Works

• Shades of Grey (1989). Shades of Gray. Simon and Schuster. 1999. ISBN 978-0-689-82696-2.
• Moonshiner's Son. Harpercollins Childrens Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-380-72251-8.
• Foster's War. Scholastic Inc. 2000. ISBN 978-0-590-09856-4.
• Across the Lines. HarperCollins. 1998. ISBN 978-0-380-73073-5.
• Grandpa's Mountain. Turtleback Books. 1993. ISBN 978-0-7857-0623-6.
• Captain Kate, Avon Books, 1999, ISBN 978-0-380-97628-7
• Before the Creeks Ran Red, HarperCollins, 2003, ISBN 978-0-06-623616-2
• The Secret Project Notebook, Los Alamos Historical Society, 2005, ISBN 0-941232-33-6

Non-fiction

• Shenandoah Heritage,
• Shenandoah Vestiges,
• Shenandoah Secrets, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, 1991

References

1. "Carolyn Reeder, teacher and author of historical fiction for children, dies at 74". The Washington Post. March 14, 2012. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
2. Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Carolyn Reeder: From Reader to Writer". History.librarypoint.org. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
4. Archived August 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• Biography at publisher HarperCollins
• Carolyn Reeder at Library of Congress Authorities, with 13 catalog records