R.I.P. Norma Fox Mazer, 78, Newbery Medalist

[Lenona]

I knew her best for "I, Trissy."

http://jacketknack.blogspot.com/2009/10/norma-fox-mazer-1931-2009.html
(short obit)

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books.childrens/browse_thread/thread/b8e70e1d34e0f70c/3d00a8f023864d63?hl=en&q=lenona+mazer+norma
(my birthday post for her in 2006)

More obits to come.

Lenona.

[Lenona]

(Correction in the header. She won the Newbery Honor for "After the
Rain.")

She died on the 17th.

http://normafoxmazer.net/

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6702674.html
"She and Harry lived for many years in Jamesville, NY, but in recent
years the couple relocated to Montpelier, VT."
(There are a few errors in the obit.)

http://jezebel.com/5384093/rip-norma-fox-mazer
(About "Silver," with spoilers, and recent comments from sad fans.)

http://isak.typepad.com/isak/2009/10/rip-norma-fox-mazer.html
(This includes a photo of her when she was six.)

http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/730049873.html?nid=3340
(Long remembrance, with a 16-second video.)

http://mindyhardwick.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/memory-of-norma-fox-mazer/
(By a pupil of Mazer's.)

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1588
(Mazer talks about her work)

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=norma+mazer&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#
(Semi-relevant videos)

I remember, in the 1993 "Out of Control," a chilling passage where a
teen boy is thinking (not verbatim) that what parents don't understand
is that if boys stopped to think before they did anything, horribly
cruel or not, they'd never have any fun.

Lenona.

[Cori]

Sorry to hear it. I really enjoyed "I, Trissy."

Cori

[Lenona]

By Margalit Fox:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/arts/25mazer.html

Lenona.