Patricia MacLachlan
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American children's writer (1938–2022)
Film & TV
Patricia "Patty" MacLachlan (born March 3, 1938) is an American children's writer, who is best known for the 1986 Newbery Medal-winning novel Sarah, Plain and Tall which was later adapted as a TV movie starring Glenn Close and Christopher Walken. She is a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy,…
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Patricia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cheyenne
- Place of death
- Williamsburg
- Occupation
- novelist
- Educated at
- University of Connecticut
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- children's and young adult literature
- Image
- National Humanities Medal Winners for 2003 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-03-03
- writing language
- English language
- floruit
- 2002-01-01
- date of death
- 2022-03-31
- name in native language
- Patricia MacLachlan
- birth name
- Patricia Marie Pritzkau
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