Elizabeth Yates

About Elizabeth Yates

Elizabeth Yates (1905-2001) was an American author born in Buffalo, New York, who began as a journalist writing travel pieces and later made her home in New Hampshire. Her novel Mountain Born was a Newbery Honor book in 1944, and Amos Fortune, Free Man won the Newbery Medal in 1951. She wrote many books for children and adults, taught writers' workshops at several universities, and served as director of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. She died in Concord, New Hampshire.