Emily Cheney Neville

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.[2]

Emily Cheney Neville
Born(1919-12-28)December 28, 1919
Manchester, Connecticut
DiedDecember 14, 1997(1997-12-14) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBryn Mawr College (1940)
SpouseGlenn Neville (m. 1948)
Children5
AwardsNewbery Medal (1964)

Personal life and education

Neville was born December 28, 1919 in Manchester, Connecticut to Howell and Anne Bunce Cheney, and was the youngest of her siblings.[1] She attended Oxford School in Hartford, then graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in economics in 1940.[1]

Neville married Glenn Neville, a newspaperman,[3] in 1948,[1][4] and the couple had five children.[1][4] After her children were born, she took a break from writing until all her children were school aged.[1] The family lived in New York City.[3]

Neville died December 14, 1997.[1]

Career

After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1940, Neville worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror newspapers.[3]

Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.[2] Her other works include: Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeen-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969).[4]

"Her books have been praised by critics for their emphasis on realism and honest depiction of adolescent life," especially urban life.[4]

References
  1. "Neville, Emily Cheney". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  2. "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". American Library Association. 2007-05-16. Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
  3. "Emily Cheney Neville". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  4. "Emily Cheney Neville Papers". The Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
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