Elsie singmaster biography
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Elsie Singmaster
American novelist
Elsie Singmaster Lewars (August 29, – September 30, ) was an American author from Macungie, Pennsylvania, who has been described as "perhaps Macungie's most famous citizen".[1] She was a Newbery Honor recipient in
Early life and education
Singmaster was born on August 29, , in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, to parents of German ancestry.
She was educated at Allentown High School and West Chester Normal School, before studying at Cornell University from to She then attended Radcliffe College, where she graduated in
In , she married musician and English professor Harold Steck Lewars.
She added his surname to hers but continued to publish as Elsie Singmaster. She was pregnant with Lewars' child when he died at the age of 33 in March Their baby, Singmaster's only child, died two months later in May.
Career
Singmaster wrote many short stories and books between and Her first published short story was The Lèse-Majesté of Hans