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| The Fledgling | | | Author:
| Langton, Jane | | Read by:
| Hurt, Mary Beth | | Series title: | Hall Family Chronicles | | ISBN: | 978-0-8072-8779-8 | | Publication Date: | Jun 2004 | | Publisher: | Random House Audio Publishing Group
| | Imprint: | Listening Library | | Book Format: | Paperback
Audio cassette | | List Price: | USD $36.00 |
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Jane Langton was born Jane Gillson in Belmont, Massachusetts on December 30, 1922. She received a bachelor's degree in art history in 1944 and a master's degree in art history in 1945 from the University of Michigan. She received a second master's degree in art history from Radcliffe College in 1948. She studied at the Boston Museum School from 1958 to 1959.
Her writing career began with children's books. Her first book, The Majesty of Grace, was published in 1961. She illustrated several of her children's books. She wrote a young adult series entitled the Hall Family Chronicles. The fourth book in the series, The Fledgling, was a Newbery Honor book.
She also wrote an adult mystery series entitled the Homer Kelly mysteries. The fifth book in the series, Emily Dickinson Is Dead, received a Nero Wolfe Award and an Edgar Award. In 2017, she received the Mystery Writers of America's Grand Master Award for the series. She died from complications of a respiratory condition on December 22, 2018 at the age of 95.
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