`Seventeenth Summer' author Maureen Daly dies at 85
Maureen Daly, whose coming-of-age novel "Seventeenth Summer" in 1942 — written before her 20th birthday — was credited with launching modern young adult literature, has died. She was 85.
Obituaries: September 2006 Archives
Acclaimed Storm Boy author Colin Thiele dies - Entertainment - theage.com.au
[Colin] Thiele, 85, died yesterday in Queensland after heart problems. He published more than 90 books and was also a poet, playwright, adult novelist and teacher. But it was as a children's writer that he was best known. Storm Boy, published in 1963 and turned into an acclaimed film in 1976... ...
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