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Patricia Beatty

Patricia Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, and was a longtime resident of southern California. After graduating from college, she taught high school English and history, and later held various positions as a science and technical librarian and also as a children's librarian. She taught Writing Fiction for Children at several branches of the University of California.

Patricia Beatty is the author of many popular and award-winning children's books, including such NCSS Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies as Eight Mules from Monterey; Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant; Turn Homeward, Hannalee; Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee; and Jayhawker. Her novel Lupita MaƱana is a Jane Addams Children's Book Award honor book, and Charley Skedaddle won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.

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She died of lung cancer.
1922-08-26
Portland, Oregon
1991-07-09
Reed College in Portland (1944)
Teacher, librarian, author
Female
Author
English

1 Works by Patricia Beatty

Title Role Year Genre
I Want My Sunday, Stranger! Author 1977 Novel
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