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Langton, Jane, 1922-2018

LC control no.n 79126959
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3562.A515
Personal name headingLangton, Jane, 1922-2018
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Variant(s)Gillson, Jane, 1922-2018
Birth date1922-12-30
Death date2018-12-22
Place of birthBelmont (Mass.)
Place of deathLincoln (Mass.)
Field of activityChildren's stories Detective and mystery stories
Profession or occupationAuthors Illustrators
Found inHer The majesty of Grace, 1961.
Her The Memorial Hall murder, 1986, c1978: CIP t.p. (Jane Langton) copr. (Jane Gillson Langton)
Her The transcendental murder, 1989, c1964: 1st prelim. p. (Jane Langton; b. 1922; author of children's books and suspense novels)
Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), Nov. 26, 2008 (Jane (Gillson) Langton; b. Dec. 30, 1922, Boston, Mass.; University of Michigan, M.A., 1945; Radcliffe College, M.A., 1948; writer)
New York times WWW site, viewed Dec. 31, 2018 (in obituary published Dec. 26: Jane Langton; b. Jane Gillson, Dec. 30, 1922, Belmont, Mass.; m. William Gale Langton (d. 1997); d. Saturday [Dec. 22, 2018], Lincoln, Mass., aged 95; prolific New England author who evoked a palpable sense of place in her mysteries and children's books, and who illustrated many of her works herself)
Associated languageeng