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Date of Birth
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26-November-1901
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Place of Birth
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Mountain View
(California, United States of America, Santa Clara County, Silicon Valley)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Profession
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Writer, Librarian, Novelist
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Doris Gates was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction. Her novel Blue Willow, about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930's California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner. A librarian in Fresno, California, Gates lived and worked among the people described in her novels. She is also known for her collections of Greek mythology.
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