Anne Spencer Lindbergh (October 2, 1940 – December 10, 1993) was an American writer, primarily of

children's novels Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

. She was the daughter of aviators/authors

Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

and

Anne Morrow Lindbergh Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights. Raised in Englewood, New Jerse ...

Biography

Anne Lindbergh was raised in

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. After studying at

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for three years, she moved to Paris to continue her education, studying at the

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. She met and married a fellow student there, Julien Feydy, who later became a political scientist and university professor. They later divorced. She later married

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, a composer and conductor she met in Europe and with whom she moved to Washington. They also divorced. She was married to

Noel Perrin Edwin Noel Perrin (September 18, 1927 – November 21, 2004) was an American essayist and a professor at Dartmouth College, known for writing about rural life. Early years Perrin was born on September 18, 1927 in Manhattan and grew up in Pelham ...

, American essayist and a professor at

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, at the time of her death. They lived together in

Thetford Center, Vermont Thetford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States in the Connecticut River Valley. The population was 2,775 at the 2020 census. Villages within the town include East Thetford, North Thetford, Thetford Hill, Thetford Center, Rices Mil ...

. Anne Lindbergh wrote numerous books, most of them for children. Anne Lindbergh died of cancer in 1993 at her home in

, at the age of 53.

Personal

Anne Lindbergh's eldest brother,

Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. (born June 22, 1930), the 20-month-old son of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was abducted from his crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs' home, Highfields, in East Amwe ...

, the first of six children born to Charles and Anne Lindbergh, died in 1932 in a famous kidnapping — what many termed at the time "the crime of the century". Anne's other Lindbergh siblings are

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(1932–2021), Land Morrow Lindbergh (born 1937), conservationist Scott Lindbergh (born 1942), and

Reeve Lindbergh Reeve Morrow Lindbergh (born October 2, 1945) is an American author from Caledonia County, Vermont, who grew up in Darien, Connecticut as the daughter of aviator Charles Lindbergh (19021974) and author Anne Morrow Lindbergh (19062001). She gra ...

(born 1945).

Honors, awards, distinctions

Anne Lindbergh was the recipient of numerous honors for her work, including an award from the

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Books

This list includes all known titles at WorldCat. * ''Osprey Island'', illustrated by Maggie Kaufman Smith (1974), as by Anne Lindbergh Feydy, * ''The People in Pineapple Place'' (1982) * ''Nobody's Orphan'' (1983) * ''Bailey's Window'' (1984) * ''The Worry Week'' (1985) * ''The Hunky-Dory Dairy'' (1986) * ''Next Time, Take Care'', illus. Susan Hoguet (1987), picture book * ''The Shadow on the Dial'' (1987) * ''The Prisoner of Pineapple Place'' (1988), sequel to ''The People'' * ''Tidy Lady'', illus. Susan Hoguet (1989), picture book * ''Three Lives to Live'' (1992) * ''Travel Far, Pay No Fare'' (1992) * ''Nick of Time'' (1994), posthumous publication * ''Local Vertical: Poems'' (2000) * ''The Inside Story on Henry Alcebiades Highfllie'' (2004), stories privately printed by David R. Godine

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindbergh, Anne 1940 births 1993 deaths American children's writers People from Thetford, Vermont Charles Lindbergh 20th-century American women writers