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Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron (1912–1996) was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including ''The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet'' (1954) and its sequels, a collection of critical essays called ''The Green and Burning Tree'' (1969), and ''The Court of the Stone Children'' (1973), which won the U.S. National Book Award in category Children's Books〔 ("National Book Awards – 1974" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-27.〕 ==Biography== Eleanor Cameron was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada on March 23, 1912. Her family moved to South Charleston, Ohio when she was three years old, and then to Berkeley, California when she was six.〔http://www.eleanorcameron.com/timeline.html〕 A few years later, her parents divorced. At age 16, she moved with her mother and stepfather to Los Angeles. Cameron studied at UCLA and the Art Center School of Los Angeles. She joined the Los Angeles Public Library in 1930 and later worked as a research librarian for the Los Angeles Board of Education and two different advertising companies. She married Ian Cameron, a printmaker and publisher, in 1934 and the couple had a son, David, in 1944.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/15/arts/eleanor-f-cameron-84-children-s-author.html〕 Cameron's first published book, ''The Unheard Music'' (1950), was partially based on her experience as a librarian and was positively received by critics, though it didn't sell particularly well. Cameron did not turn to writing children's books until eight-year-old David asked her to write a space story featuring him as the main character.〔http://www.oldchildrensbooks.com/collectors-corner/authors/eleanor-cameron〕 That book, ''The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet'' (1954), proved to be very popular, spawning four sequels and two short stories over the following 13 years. With the success of the Mushroom Planet books, Cameron focused on writing for children. Between 1959 and 1988 she produced 12 additional children's novels, including ''The Court of the Stone Children'' (1973) and the semi-autobiographical five book Julia Redfern series (1971-1988). In addition to her fiction work, Cameron wrote two books of criticism and reflection on children's literature. The first, ''The Green and Burning Tree'', was released in 1969 and led an increased profile for Cameron in the world of children's literature. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s Cameron worked as a traveling speaker and contributor to publications such as The Horn Book Magazine, Wilson Library Bulletin, and Children's Literature in Education. She was also a member of the founding editorial board for the children's magazine Cricket, which debuted in 1973. Her second book of essays, ''The Seed and the Vision: On the Writing and Appreciation of Children's Books'', came out in 1993. It is her final published book. From late 1967 until her death Cameron made her home in Pebble Beach, California. She died in hospice in Monterey, California on October 11, 1996 at the age of 84.〔"Eleanor F. Cameron, 84, Children's Author" (obituary). ''The Times''. October 15, 1996. () Retrieved 2011-10-28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eleanor Cameron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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