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(1935-2021) Writer. Patricia Reilly Giff was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Trumbull, Connecticut.

Full Name

Patricia Reilly Giff

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


1935

BIRTH

Patricia Jeanne Reilly was born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 26, 1935.

1936

RESIDENCE

As a child in the 1930s and 40s, Ms. Giff lived in the St. Albans section of Queens, New York.

1956

OTHER

Ms. Giff received a bachelor's degree in history from Marymount College in Manhattan, New York, in 1956.

1958

OTHER

Ms. Giff received a master's in history from St. John's University in Queens, New York, in 1958.

1975

OTHER

Ms. Giff received a professional diploma in reading from Hofstra University in Hempstead New York, in 1975.

1984

LITWORK

Kids of the Polk Street School series


A series of illustrated children's books published from 1984 to 1990.

1997

LITWORK

Lily's Crossing
Random House
0440414539 / 978-0440414537
Book for young readers.

2000

LITWORK

Nory Ryan's Song
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
043931674X / 978-0385321419
Book for young readers.

2002

LITWORK

Pictures of Hollis Woods
Yearling
978-0439692397
Book for young readers.

2003

LITWORK

Maggie's Door
Wendy Lamb Books
0385900953 / 978-0385900959
Book for young readers.

2006

LITWORK

A House of Tailors
Yearling
0440238005 / 978-0440238003
Book for young readers.

2007

LITWORK

Willow Run
Yearling
0440238013 / 978-0440238010
Book for young readers.

2008

LITWORK

Eleven
Wendy Lamb Books
0385730691 / 978-0385730693
Book for young readers.

2017

LITWORK

Genevieve's War
Holiday House
0823438007 / 978-0823438006
Book for young readers.

2018

LITWORK

Island War
Holiday House
0823439542 / 978-0823439546
Book for young readers.

2021

DEATH

Patricia Reilly Giff died at her home in Trumbull, Connecticut, on June 22, 2021.

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