Doris Orgel was born Doris Adelberg in Vienna, Austria on February 15, 1929. She is the author of numerous children's books including Ariadne, Awake!, We Goddesses, and My Mother's Daughter. The Devil in Vienna received a Phoenix Award Honor in 1998. It was made into a Disney Channel film, A Friendship in Vienna (1988). Her books Sarah's Room and Dwarf Long-Nose were illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Merry, Rose, and Christmas-Tree-June was illustrated by Edward Gorey.
She also translated children's books from German to English. Her work included Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story by Elke Heidenreich and Daniel Half Human by David Chotjewitz. Both books were Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Books. She reviewed for the New York Times and participated in the Bank Street Writers Lab.
She attended Radcliffe College (1946-1948) and graduated from Barnard College (1950). Doris Orgel died on August 4, 2021. She was 92.
030