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Popular As | Scott O'Dell |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Age | years old |
Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
Born | May 23, 1898 (Los Angeles, CA) |
Birthday | May 23 |
Town/City | Los Angeles, CA |
Nationality | CA |
Scott O'Dellโs zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Scott O'Dell was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Author of children's literature and historical fiction whose best known works include Island of the Blue Dolphins and The Black Pearl. The former book won the 1960 Newbery Medal, and its German translation won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis jsut three years later.
He studied at Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Stanford University, and the University of Rome-La Sapienza before serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
His birth name is O'dell Gabriel Scott, but he rearranged it for publishing his children's books.
He was born in the Los Angeles area to Bennett Mason Scott and May Elizabeth Gabriel.
He was a 1972 recipient of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in children's literature.