US writer, poet, and editor. She was known as a tireless lecturer, teacher, editor,
and promoter of imaginative writing for children. Born in New York, New York, after
graduating from Smith College in 1960, she worked for various periodicals and
publishers in New York before becoming a freelance writer in 1965. Based in
Hatfield, Massachusetts, from 1974, she published many fine books for children,
such as The Girl Who Cried Flowers and Other Tales (1974) and The Moon Ribbon
and Other Tales (1976).