Emily Cheney Neville Explained
Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 - December 14, 1997)[1] was an American author. Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.
Personal life and education
Neville was born on December 28, 1919, in Manchester, Connecticut, to Howell and Anne Bunce Cheney, and was the youngest of her siblings. She attended Oxford School in Hartford, then graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in economics in 1940.
Neville married Glenn Neville, a newspaperman, in 1948, and the couple had five children. After her children were born, she took a break from writing until all her children were school aged. The family lived in New York City.
Neville died December 14, 1997 in Keene Valley, New York.[2]
Career
After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1940, Neville worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror newspapers.
Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.[3] Her other works include Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeenth-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969).
"Her books have been praised by critics for their emphasis on realism and honest depiction of adolescent life," especially urban life.
In 1976, Neville received her J.D. from Albany Law School and began a private law practice, though she continued to write, publishing The Bridge in 1988 and The China Year in 1991.
Awards and honors
Publications
- Book: . . Illustrated by Emil Weiss . 1963.
- Book: Berries Goodman . . 1965.
- Book: The Seventeenth-Street Gang . Trophy Press . 1966 . 9780064400190. [5]
- Book: Traveler From a Small Kingdom . . Illustrated by George Mocniak . 1968. [6]
- Book: Fogarty . . 1969. [7]
- Book: Garden of Broken Glass . . 1975 . 9780440048398. [8]
- Book: The Bridge . . Illustrated by Ronald Himler . 1988 . 9780060243852. [9]
- Book: The China Year . . 1991 . 9780060243838. [10] [11]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Neville, Emily Cheney . 2023-05-31 . . 2023-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531191404/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/neville-emily-cheney . live .
- Book: Great authors of children's books . 2014 . New York . Britannica Educational Publishing . 978-1-62275-096-2.
- Web site: Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present . 2007-05-16 . 2007-06-10 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070616195847/http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm . 2007-06-16 .
- Web site: Emily Cheney Neville . 2023-12-09 . . en-US . 2023-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230323145716/https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Emily-Cheney-Neville/331212 . live .
- Web site: 1966-09-01 . The Seventeenth-Street Gang . 2023-12-09 . Kirkus Reviews.
- Web site: 1968-03-01 . Traveller from a Small Kingdom . 2023-12-09 . Kirkus Reviews.
- Web site: 1969-11-01 . Fogarty . 2023-12-09 . . 2022-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128195332/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/emily-cheney-neville-3/fogarty/ . live .
- Web site: 1975-05-01 . Garden of Broken Glass . 2023-12-09 . . 2023-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209140752/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/emily-cheney-neville-3/garden-of-broken-glass/ . live .
- Web site: 1988-08-15 . The Bridge . 2023-12-09 . . 2023-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209034225/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/emily-cheney-neville-2/the-bridge-11/ . live .
- Web site: 1991-05-15 . The China Year . 2023-12-09 . . 2023-12-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209034234/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bookshelf-button/2000095770/ . live .
- Anderson . Doris C. . 1992 . Books for Children -- The China Year by Emily Cheney Neville . Childhood Education . 68 . 3 . 176.
