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Rylant, Cynthia

LC control no.n 81046404
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3568.Y55
PZ7.R982 Juvenile fiction, English
Personal name headingRylant, Cynthia
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Associated countryUnited States
LocatedLake Oswego (Or.)
Birth date1954-06-06
Place of birthHopewell (Marion County, W. Va.)
Field of activityChildren's literature
Profession or occupationWriters Librarians
Authors Librarians
Found inWhen I was young in the mountains, c1981: t.p. (Cynthia Rylant)
Best wishes, c1992: CIP t.p. (Cynthia Rylant) data sheet (b. June 6, 1954)
Brownie & Pearl see the sights, 2013: t.p. (Cynthia Rylant) flap of back cover (author of more than one hundred books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series; lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon)
Wikipedia, March 18, 2019 (Cynthia Rylant (born 6 June 1954) is an American author and librarian; written more than 100 children's books, including works of fiction (picture books, short stories and novels), nonfiction, and poetry; born in Hopewell, West Virginia, daughter of John Tune Smith, and Leatrel Smith née Rylant; uses her mother's maiden name as her pen name; lived in Kent, Ohio, for many years, working as a librarian at the Cincinnati Public Library. She later moved to Akron, Ohio, and worked at the Akron Public Library; in 1993, Rylant relocated to Eugene, Oregon; in 2003, she moved to Portland, Oregon)
Associated languageeng