Awards & Winners

Patricia MacLachlan

Date of Birth 03-March-1938
Place of Birth Cheyenne
(Laramie County, United States of America, Wyoming)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Patricia Pritzkau
Profession Writer, Author, Screenwriter
Patricia MacLachlan is an American children's writer. She 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, literature, and libraries.

Awards by Patricia MacLachlan

Check all the awards nominated and won by Patricia MacLachlan.

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Long Form - Television Baby

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah, Plain and Tall

1986


John Newbery Medal
Honored for : Sarah, Plain and Tall

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
John Newbery Medal Sarah, Plain and Tall