biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1910–88)
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| biography:
| Editor and executive, born in New York City, New York, USA. She began her career at Harper & Row publishers (1936–70) as an editor of children's books, headed the children's book department (1940), and became the company's first female vice-president in 1973. She was an innovative editor who established the careers of such writers and illustrators as E B White, Maurice Sendak, and Shel Silverstein. |
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