Author Sue Alexander was born on August 20, 1933. She attended Drake University and Northwestern University, but did not graduate. She sold her first book, Small Plays for You and a Friend, in 1973. During her lifetime, she wrote about 25 children's books and numerous magazine and newspaper stories for young readers. Many of her books, like Nadia the Willful, Sara's City, and Lila on the Landing, were based on her own childhood experiences. In 1968, she became a founding member of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, which is an international organization that supports active and aspiring authors and artists. In 1980, she received the Dorothy C. McKenzie Award from the Children's Literature Council of Southern California for distinguised contributions to the field of children's literature. She died on July 3, 2008 at the age of 74.
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