Ester Wier Explained

Ester Wier
Birth Date:	October 17, 1910
Birth Place:	United States
Death Place:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Fiction, children's literature

Ester Wier (October 17, 1910 – January 6, 2000) was an American writer.^[1]

She was born Esther Catherine Wier to Robert A. and Lydia (née Harshberger) Alberti in Seattle, Washington.^[2] She married Henry Robert Wier, a naval officer, in 1934,^[3] Her first books used her experiences traveling as a naval wife. She took a workshop at George Washington University which led to her writing for children.^[4]

Bibliography

• Answer Book on Naval Social Customs, 1956 (with Dorothy Coffin Hickey)
• Answer Book on Air Force Social Customs, 1957
• Army Social Customs, 1958
• What Every Air Force Wife Should Know, 1958
• The Loner, 1963^[1]
• Gift of the Mountains, 1963
• The Rumptydoolers, 1964
• Easy Does It, 1965
• The Barrel, 1966
• The Space Hut, 1967
• The Wind Chasers, 1967
• Action at Paradise Marsh, 1968
• The Winners, 1968
• The Long Year, 1969
• The Straggler: Adventures of a Sea Bird, 1970
• The White Oak, 1971
• The Partners, 1972
• The Hunting Trail, 1974
• King of the Mountain, 1975

External links

• • Archival collections relating to Ester Wier

Notes and References

1. Web site: Goodreads. The Loner.
2. Web site: FamilySearch. Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965.
3. Web site: University of Minnesota Children's Literature Research Collections. Ester Wier Papers.
4. Web site: Library of Congress Authorities. LCCN Permalink n50015709.