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Miriam Young

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Role
  
Writer

Name
  
Miriam Young

Notable works
  
Mother Wore Tights

Nationality
  
American


Born
  
July 16, 1913 New York City, New York, USA (
1913-07-16
)

Genre
  
Children's picture books

Died
  
September 11, 1974, Lake Katonah, New York, United States

Books
  
Miss Suzy, Jellybeans for breakfast, So what if it's raining!, Miss Suzy's Easter Surprise, Please don't feed Horace

Occupation
  
Children's book writer

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Miriam Young (died September 12, 1974) was an American writer best known for children's books. She also wrote Mother Wore Tights, a memoir about growing up in a vaudeville family, which was adapted as the 1947 film of the same name, a "Hollywood supermusical".

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Young was born in 1911 or 1912, her New York Times obituary implies. Other sources give year of birth 1913. The Library of Congress gives date February 26, 1913.

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Selected works

  • Mother Wore Tights (1944)
  • The Dollar Horse (1961)
  • Miss Suzy (1964)
  • Jellybeans for Breakfast (1968)
  • A Witch's Garden (1973)
  • References

    Miriam Young Wikipedia