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Emily Cheney Neville
Emily Cheney Neville
Born	December 28, 1919; Manchester, Connecticut
Died	December 14, 1997 (aged 77); Keene Valley, New York
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Bryn Mawr College (1940)
Spouse	Glenn Neville (m. 1948)
Children	5
Awards	Newbery Medal (1964); Jane Addams Children's Book Award (1966);

Emily Cheney Neville (December 28, 1919 – December 14, 1997)^[1] was an American author. Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.^[2]

Personal life and education

Neville was born on December 28, 1919, in Manchester, Connecticut, to Howell and Anne Bunce Cheney, and was the youngest of her siblings.^[1] She attended Oxford School in Hartford, then graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in economics in 1940.^[1]

Neville married Glenn Neville, a newspaperman,^[3] in 1948,^[1]^[4] and the couple had five children.^[1]^[4] After her children were born, she took a break from writing until all her children were school aged.^[1] The family lived in New York City.^[3]

Neville died December 14, 1997 in Keene Valley, New York.^[1]^[5]

Career

After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1940, Neville worked for the New York Daily News and the New York Daily Mirror newspapers.^[3]

Her first book, It's Like This, Cat (1963), won the Newbery Medal in 1964.^[2] Her other works include Berries Goodman (1965); The Seventeenth-Street Gang (1966); Traveler From a Small Kingdom (1968); and Fogarty (1969).^[4]

"Her books have been praised by critics for their emphasis on realism and honest depiction of adolescent life," especially urban life.^[4]

In 1976, Neville received her J.D. from Albany Law School and began a private law practice, though she continued to write, publishing The Bridge in 1988 and The China Year in 1991.^[5]

Awards and honors

Awards for Neville's writing
Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
1964	It's Like This, Cat	Newbery Medal	Winner	^[2]^[6]
1965	It's Like This, Cat	Vermont Golden Dome Book Award	Nominee
1966	Berries Goodman	Jane Addams Children's Book Award	Winner	^[6]
1967	Berries Goodman	Vermont Golden Dome Book Award	Nominee

Publications

It's Like This, Cat. Illustrated by Emil Weiss. Harper & Row. 1963.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Berries Goodman. Harper Press. 1965.
The Seventeenth-Street Gang. Trophy Press. 1966. ISBN 9780064400190.^[7]
Traveler From a Small Kingdom. Illustrated by George Mocniak. HarperCollins Publishers. 1968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)^[8]
Fogarty. Harper & Row. 1969.^[9]
Garden of Broken Glass. Delacorte Press. 1975. ISBN 9780440048398.^[10]
The Bridge. Illustrated by Ronald Himler. HarperCollins Childrens Books. 1988. ISBN 9780060243852.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)^[11]
The China Year. HarperCollins Childrens Books. 1991. ISBN 9780060243838.^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Neville, Emily Cheney". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922–Present". American Library Association. 2007-05-16. Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Emily Cheney Neville". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Emily Cheney Neville Papers". The Children's Literature Research Collections. University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-06-10.
^ ^a ^b Great authors of children's books. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-1-62275-096-2.
^ ^a ^b "Emily Cheney Neville". Britannica Kids. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "The Seventeenth-Street Gang". Kirkus Reviews. 1966-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "Traveller from a Small Kingdom". Kirkus Reviews. 1968-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "Fogarty". Kirkus Reviews. 1969-11-01. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "Garden of Broken Glass". Kirkus Reviews. 1975-05-01. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "The Bridge". Kirkus Reviews. 1988-08-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ "The China Year". Kirkus Reviews. 1991-05-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
^ Anderson, Doris C. (1992). "Books for Children -- The China Year by Emily Cheney Neville". Childhood Education. 68 (3): 176.