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About Eleanor Coerr

Birth

1922

Death

2010

First book

1977

Years writing

49

Biography

Eleanor Coerr was a Canadian-born American writer of children's books, including Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and many picture books.

Eleanor Coerr was born in Kamsack, Canada, in 1922.

She built a prolific career as a writer of children's and young adult literature.

Her most globally recognized work is Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.

Throughout her career, she published a total of 23 literary works.

Her writing style focused primarily on historical fiction and picture books.