Willo Davis Roberts

Biography

Willo Louise Davis was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1949, she married David W. Roberts. She was originally trained as a paramedic and began writing in her spare time.^[2] Her first book, Murder At Grand Bay (published in 1955), was written for an adult market.^[3] Her first children's book, The View from the Cherry Tree, was published in 1975.^[1] Her books included The View from the Cherry Tree, Twisted Summer, Sugar Isn't Everything, Don't Hurt Laurie, Megan's Island, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, Hostage, The Girl with the Silver Eyes, The One Left Behind, Scared Stiff, Caught!, and Undercurrents.

Roberts died of congestive heart failure at the age of 76 in Granite Falls, Washington.^[4] According to publisher Simon & Schuster, "The One Left Behind would have been her hundredth book."

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Awards

Davis won Edgar Allan Poe Awards ("Edgars") in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries.^[5]^[6]^[7] For her body of work, Davis was awarded the 1986 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference Achievement Award, and the 1990 Governor's Award for contribution to the field of children's literature in Washington State.^[1]

Awards for Don't Hurt Laurie!

Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies/Children's Book Council, 1977
Young Hoosier Book Award, Association for Indiana Media Educators, 1980
West Australian Young Readers Award, 1981
Georgia Children's Book Award, University of Georgia, 1982

Awards for The Girl with the Silver Eyes

Mark Twain Readers Award, Missouri Library Association and Missouri Association of School Librarians, 1983
California Young Reader Medal, California Reading Association, 1986

Awards for Baby Sitting Is a Dangerous Job

Mark Twain Readers Award
Young Hoosier Book Award
South Carolina Children's Book Award^[1]

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Willo Davis Roberts

Biography

Awards

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