Emily Ardell Crofford (March 3, 1927 – June 4, 2000) was an American author of books for both children and adults.
Emily Crofford was born in Lake Providence, Louisiana on March 3, 1927.[1] Her children's book Born in the Year of Courage was released in September 1991 through Lerner Publishing Group. It is the true story of Nakahama Manjirō, a Japanese fisherman who was rescued by an American ship in the mid-19th-century. Reception for the book was mostly positive, with the School Library Journal praising the book.[2] Crofford died on June 4, 2000, at the age of 73.[3]