Gwendolyn Bowers
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
![]() |
Gwendolyn Bowers is an American author, mostly of juvenile historical fiction.
Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, she is a graduate of the Boston University School of Education, studying creative writing, drama and the fine arts there. She taught in the English department of the Rhode Island School of Design for fourteen years. She married George Ellery Washburn, professor emeritus of French at Boston University, and they make their home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Books
- The Adventures of Philippe: A story of old Kebec (1949, with Fritz Kredel)[1]
- At the Sign of the Globe (H.Z. Walck, 1966)
- Brother to Galahad (H.Z. Walck, 1963)
- A Date with Dave (Morrow, 1959)
- Journey for Jemima (H.Z. Walck, 1960)
- The Lost Dragon of Wessex (Oxford University Press, 1957)
- The Wishing Book Doll (Morrow, 1957)
References
- ^ Lippmann, Helen K. (22 May 1949). Canadian Pioneers, The New York Times (book review)
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- BLP articles lacking sources from September 2011
- All BLP articles lacking sources
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- 21st-century American women writers
- Rhode Island School of Design faculty
- Boston University School of Education alumni
- Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts
- American women academics
- American fiction writers
- 21st-century American women