Gloria Whelan

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Gloria Whelan
BornGloria Rewoldt
(1923-11-23) November 23, 1923 (age 100)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. 1945, M.S.W. 1948
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
SpouseJoseph L. Whelan (1948)
Children2

Gloria Whelan (born November 23, 1923) is an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. She is known for children's and young adult fiction. Her book Homeless Bird won the National Book Award for Young People's Fiction in 2000.

Early life[change | change source]

Whelan was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1] She studied at the University of Michigan. In 1948, she married Joseph Whelan.

Writings[change | change source]

Whelan's books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia. Whelan is also the author of short stories which have appeared in The Ontario Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, The Gettysburg Review, and other literary quarterlies.

Her collection of short stories, Playing with Shadows, was published by the Illinois Press. Her stories have appeared in several anthologies and in Prize Stories: the O. Henry Awards. Whelan is, according to Liz Rosenberg in the Chicago Tribune, "an accomplished, graceful, and intelligent writer."

Awards[change | change source]

Whelan won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel Homeless Bird.[2] She also won the 2013 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction with her short story "What World Is This?" and the work became the title for the independent publisher's 2013 collection of short stories.[3]

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References[change | change source]

  1. "Whelan, Gloria". OCLC WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
  2. "National Book Awards 2000". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  3. "Gloria Whelan Papers". de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. The University of Southern Mississippi. No date. Retrieved 2013-06-29. A major collection of materials dated 1976 to 2002. With biographical note.

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