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Deborah Howe

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Occupation
  
Writer

Name
  
Deborah Howe


Role
  
Writer

Education
  
Boston University

Born
  
August 12, 1946 Boston, Massachusetts, USA (
1946-08-12
)

Genre
  
Juvenile fiction, young adult fiction, horror

Died
  
June 3, 1978, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

Books
  
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery

Deborah Howe (August 12, 1946 – June 3, 1978) was an American children's writer. She and her husband James Howe wrote two books, Bunnicula and Teddy Bear's Scrapbook, but she died of cancer at age 31 before they were published in 1979 and 1980. She graduated from Boston University and worked as a theater actress before becoming a writer. She was survived by her parents, her husband James, and her younger brother.

Howe's work won the following awards:

  • AL Notable Children's Books,
  • CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council),
  • Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (VT)
  • Emphasis on Reading Book Award (AL)
  • Golden Sower Award (NE)
  • Iowa Children's Choice Award
  • IRA/CBC Children's Choices
  • Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award (NM)
  • Nene Award (HI)
  • Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
  • Sequoyah Children's Book Award (OK)
  • South Carolina Book Award
  • Sunshine State Young Readers Award (FL)

    • References

    Deborah Howe Wikipedia
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