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(1931-2019) Children’s writer. Jan Wahl studied at Cornell University. He authored more than 100 books.

Full Name

Jan Wahl

Locations

Tompkins

Author's Timeline


1931

BIRTH

Jan Boyer Wahl was born in Columbus, Ohio, on April 1, 1931.

1953

OTHER

Mr. Wahl studied at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, from 1949 until 1953 when he received a bachelor's degree in English.

1964

LITWORK

Pleasant Fieldmouse
HarperCollins

Children's book.

1968

LITWORK

Push Kitty
Harper and Row
0060263237 / 978-0060263232
Children's book.

1968

LITWORK

Cobweb Castle
Holt Rinehart & Winston
003070880X / 978-0030708800
Children's book.

1968

LITWORK

Runaway Jonah and Other Tales
Macmillan

Children's book.

1969

LITWORK

How the Children Stopped the Wars
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, An Ariel Book
0374334986 / 978-0374334987
children's book.

1971

LITWORK

Lorenzo Bear & Company
Putnam Pub Group
0399201513 / 978-0399201516
Children's book.

1979

LITWORK

Sylvester Bear Overslept
Parents' Magazine Press
0819310042 / 978-0819310040
Children's book.

1983

LITWORK

The Norman Rockwell Storybook
Simon & Schuster
0671665197 / 978-0671665197
Children's book.

1984

LITWORK

Peter And The Troll Baby
Golden Books
0307165256 / 978-0307165251
Children's book.

2008

LITWORK

Through a Lens Darkly
BearManor Media
1593933118 / 978-1593933111
Memoir.

2019

DEATH

Jan Wahl died at a hospice facility near his home in Toledo, Ohio, on January 29, 2019.

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