
Awards, Honorsīest Books designation, School Library Journal, 1971, for Impossible, Possum Children's Books of International Interest citation, 1974, for Just the Thing for Geraldine Children's Books of the Year designation, Library of Congress, 1974, for Me and the Terrible Two Books of the Year selection, Child Study Association of America, 1975, for The Luck of Pokey Bloom and Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate Best Books for Young Adults selection, American Library Association, 1976, for The Alfred G. Writer of books for children and young adults. Agent -McIntosh & Otis, Inc., 310 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017. Home -26 Strathmore Rd., Great Neck, NY 11023. I love to read, especially mysteries, cookbooks, and popular history, sociology, and psychology." Addresses I compete in crossword puzzle and Scrabble tournaments. Hobbies and other interests: "I like to cook, do crossword puzzles, watch old movies, and play Scrabble. Education: Attended Hofstra College (now Hofstra University), 1959 –62.


Conford (a professor of English and poet), Novemchildren: Michael. Born March 20, 1942, in New York, NY daughter of Harry and Lillian (Pfeffer) Schaffer married David H.
