![]() ![]() ![]() degree in three years, in part to graduate with friends who were a year ahead of her. She accelerated her studies, including summer courses, and completed her B.A. As a senior, she also helped write an original all-school musical.īlos attended Vassar, choosing to major in physiology. She was encouraged by a teacher to enter an essay contest during her sophomore year, and she won the top prize: $25 and publication in a national magazine. In high school, Blos had her first glimpses of being a writer. She attended a progressive elementary and middle school and spoke about how much she adored the library-and the librarian-there. In an autobiographical essay for Something About the Author, Blos recalled how she became a lover of libraries and reading at a very early age. Her mother was a teacher, and her father a psychiatrist working with troubled children in the New York City schools. She was 89.īlos was born Decemin New York City and grew up there with parents who strongly believed in the power of education. ![]() Blos, recipient of both the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award for her historical novel A Gathering of Days, died on October 12 in Ann Arbor, Mich. ![]()
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