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ABOUT
Author of children's literature and historical fiction whose best known works include Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Black Pearl. The former book won the 1960 Newbery Medal, and its German translation won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis jsut three years later.
His birth name is O'dell Gabriel Scott, but he rearranged it for publishing his children's books.
He was a 1972 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in children's literature.
He studied at Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Stanford University, and the University of Rome-La Sapienza before serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
RELATED TOHe was born in the Los Angeles area to Bennett Mason Scott and May Elizabeth Gabriel.
FUN FACTSChildren's Author Scott O'Dell were born on Monday, birthstone is Emerald, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of , it is 142 days until Scott O'Dell next birthday.
