Author & Illustrator

Elizabeth Enright

Biography

Elizabeth Enright (1907-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright’s original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and New York City. After creating her first book in 1935, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing. Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, including The Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, The Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Yale Review, Harper’s, and The Saturday Evening Post. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright’s stories are for both the young and the young at heart.

Thimble Summer
The Saturdays
Gone-Away Lake
Thimble Summer
The Saturdays

Books by Elizabeth Enright

    chapter • 177 Pages
    The Saturdays
    #1 in Series
    Elizabeth Enright
    chapter • 272 Pages
    Gone-Away Lake
    Elizabeth Enright
    chapter • 144 Pages
    Thimble Summer
    Elizabeth Enright

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All Elizabeth Enright Books

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$7.99$7.59
chapter • 177 Pages
The Saturdays
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$8.99$8.58
chapter • 272 Pages
Gone-Away Lake
Paperback
$9.99$9.58

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