Julia Cunningham

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Julia Woolfolk Cunningham (October 4, 1916 – February 27, 2008) was an American author of children's literature.{{Cite web|url= http://www.independent.com/obits/2008/apr/10/julia-cunningham/ |title= Julia Woolfolk Cunningham 1916 - 2008, Santa Barbara |publisher= Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. |accessdate= July 8, 2015}} She is best remembered for her novel Dorp Dead which won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and for The Treasure Is The Rose which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her 1980 book, A Mouse called Junction, was illustrated by Michael Hague.{{cite magazine |last1=Nickerson |first1=Mary B. |title=Review: 'A Mouse Called Junction' |magazine=School Library Journal |date=May 1980 |volume=26 |issue=9 |page=53 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=5950788&site=ehost-live |access-date=2024-09-01 |issn=0362-8930 |url-access=registration |via=EBSCOhost}}

She was sister to John W. Cunningham, a Western author who created the story of the 1952 Western film High Noon. Her first cousin was the neuroscientist and physician John C. Lilly.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}}