Beverly Clearly, beloved creator of Ramona Quimby, has died at the age of 104.

Legend of children’s literature Beverly Cleary died on March 25th in Carmel, California, HarperCollins announced on Friday. She was 104. Since publishing Henry Huggins in 1950, when she was a librarian, Cleary has sold 85 million copies of her books, which have been translated into 29 different languages. She won the National Book Award in 1981 for Ramona […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-03-27 13:47:12 UTC ]

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Workman has formed the Workman Audio imprint and named former HarperCollins Audio v-p and publisher Ana Maria Allessi head of the new unit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HarperCollins UK and S&S UK pull out of London Book Fair

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HarperCollins Children's Books takes two more from Gregory

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With ‘The Night Watchman,’ Louise Erdrich rediscovers her genius

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2020 RNA winners revealed as Johnson collects Outstanding Achievement Award

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