Jane Louise Curry
{{short description|American novelist}}
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|birth_place=East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.
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Jane Louise Curry, born September 24, 1932, in East Liverpool, Ohio,{{cite web|url=https://ohiocenterforthebook.org/2018/08/16/curry-jane-louise|title=Curry, Jane Louise|website=Ohio Center for the Book|date=August 16, 2018|accessdate=January 26, 2020}} is a prolific author of adventure, fantasy, mystery, time travel, and American Indian tales for older children and teenagers. She has written 39 books.{{cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/jane-louise-curry|title=Jane Louise Curry|website=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=January 26, 2020}}
Her novels include the famous Abaloc series, set in the magical landscape of the Ohio Valley and surrounding regions in contemporary, medieval, and prehistoric times.
Bibliography
Abaloc series
- Beneath the Hill 1967
- The Change-Child 1969
- The Daybreakers 1970
- Over the Sea's Edge 1971
- The Watchers 1975
- The Birdstones 1977
- The Wolves of Aam 1981
- Shadow Dancers 1983
Smith Family series
- The Big Smith Snatch 1989
- The Great Smith House Hustle 1993
Collections
- Down from the Lonely Mountain: California Indian Tales 1965
- Back in the Beforetime: Tales of the California Indians 1987
- Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nation 1999
- The Wonderful Sky Boat: And Other Native American Tales of the Southeast 2001
- Hold Up the Sky: And Other Native American Tales from Texas and the Southern Plains 2003
- The Sleepers 1968
- Mindy's Mysterious Miniature 1970
- The Housenapper 1971
- The Ice Ghosts Mystery 1972
- The Lost Farm 1974
- Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Time 1975
- The Magical Cupboard 1976
- Poor Tom's Ghost 1977
- The Bassumtyte Treasure 1978
- Ghost Lane 1979
- The Great Flood Mystery 1985
- The Lotus Cup 1986
- Me, Myself, and I 1987
- Little, Little Sister 1988
- What the Dickens 1991
- The Christmas Knight 1993
- Robin Hood and His Merry Men 1994
- Robin Hood in the Greenwood 1995
- Moon Window 1996
- Dark Shade 1998
- A Stolen Life 1999
- The Egyptian Box 2002
- Brave Cloelia 2004 (illustrated by Jeff Crosby)
- The Black Canary 2005
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature |Speculative fiction}}
- {{official website}}
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Category:20th-century American novelists
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American children's writers
Category:American women novelists
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American mystery writers
Category:People from East Liverpool, Ohio
Category:American women children's writers
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:American women mystery writers
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
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