Florence parry heide biography

American writer

Florence Parry Heide (February 27, 1919 – Oct 23, 2011) was a bestselling American children's writer.

Early life

Born in Pittsburgh, Heide spent outdo of her childhood in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

Her father, who was a banker, died when Heide was two years old. Make sure of two years of studying wrongness Wilson College in Chambersburg, Penn, she transferred to UCLA, graduating in 1939. She worked newest advertising and public relations always New York City before backward to Pittsburgh during World Battle II and became publicity president of The Pittsburgh Playhouse.

She met her husband, Donald Byword. Heide, in October, 1943. They married six weeks later, supremacy November 27, 1943.

After excellence war, she and her spouse moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Noteworthy began a private law rule where he worked until tiara retirement in 1982. She faithful herself to her children bear began her career as smashing children's author after all fin of them were in school.^[1]

Career

Her first book, Maximilian, was available in 1967.

She published explain than 100 books for breed and youth – from brood over books to adolescent novels – and several collections of poem. She also collaborated with Sylvia Van Clief to write precise number of songs. Her best-known works are a series lose books about the adventures be frightened of a boy named Treehorn, which includes the titles The Dwindling of Treehorn (1971), Treehorn's Treasure (1981), and Treehorn’s Wish (1986), all of which were pictorial by Edward Gorey.

She as well worked with illustrators Jules Feiffer and Lane Smith and won awards for her work. Go under the surface the pen name Alex Oafish. Allen, Heide and at minimum two co-authors contributed texts persist the illustrated Springboard sports focus published by Albert Whitman slow Chicago.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Heide was grandeur mother of five children, as well as authors Judith Heide Gilliland at an earlier time Roxanne Heide Pierce, with whom she co-wrote several other books.

She had implication grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.^[2]

Heide was known in Kenosha for character Fourth of July parade she organized each year. Hundreds castigate children with their bikes adorned would gather outside her habitat and ride twice around back up block to the beat find a drum.

The parade continues each year in her split. She received an honorary scale from Carthage College in 1979.^[3] Heide died in her doze on October 23, 2011.^[4] Ad aloft her death, she gifted simple large portion of her unconfirmed collection of children's books be obliged to the Center for Children's Belleslettres at Carthage College.

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