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Betsy Byars

Born on August 7th, 1928, Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Died on February 26, 2020 (aged 91), Seneca, South Carolina, US

website: betsybyars.com

Betsy was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991).

Betsy's book in Leaf Through a Good Book

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