Carol Kendall was born in Bucyrus, Ohio on September 13, 1917. She received an AB degree from Ohio University. Her first adult novel, The Black Seven, was published in 1946. She soon switched to writing children's books. Her first children's book, The Other Side of the Tunnel, was published in 1957. Her other works include The Big Splash, The Whisper of Glocken, Haunting Tales from Japan, and The Wedding of the Rat Family. She received several awards including a 1959 Newbery Honor for The Gammage Cup (published in England as The Minnipins) and the 1983 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for The Firelings. She died on July 28, 2012 at the age of 94.
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