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(1928-2018) Writer. Betty Miles was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Shelburne, Vermont. She lived and worked for a time in New York City.

Full Name

Betty Miles

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Following her graduation from Antioch College in Ohio, Ms. Miles moved with her husband to New York City around 1950.

Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Miles took a course on writing for children at the Bank Street College of Education in Manhattan, New York.

1928

BIRTH

Elizabeth Louise Baker was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 16, 1928.

1958

LITWORK

A House for Everyone
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394907256 / 978-0394907253
Children's book.

1974

LITWORK

The Real Me
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394828380 / 978-0394828381
Novel for young readers.

1974

LITWORK

Save the Earth: An Ecology Handbook for Kids
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394926587 / 978-0394926582
Nonfiction for young readers.

1976

LITWORK

All It Takes Is Practice
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394933257 / 978-0394933252
Book for young readers.

1976

LITWORK

Just the Beginning
Random House Childrens Books
0394832264 / 978-0394832265
Children's book.

1979

LITWORK

The Trouble With Thirteen
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394839307 / 978-0394839301
Novel for young readers.

1980

LITWORK

Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394843436 / 978-0394843438
Novel for young readers.

1981

LITWORK

The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394945638 / 978-0394945637
Book for young readers.

1982

LITWORK

I Would If I Could
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394839293 / 978-0394839295
Book for young readers.

1986

LITWORK

Sink Or Swim
Knopf Books for Young Readers
0394955153 / 978-0394955155
Book for young readers.

2018

DEATH

Betty Miles died at her home in Shelburne, Vermont, on July 19, 2018.

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