Clare "Blossom" Elfman was an American

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Biography

She had two children: writer, director, and publisher Richard Elfman; and musician, composer, actor, and voice actor

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. Their family is

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Bibliography

* ''A House for Jonnie O.'' (1976) * ''The Case of the Pederast's Wife'' (2005)

Awards

* ''A House for Jonnie O.'', winner, the ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award, 1977Profile
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* 1925 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers American women novelists Elfman family Jewish American novelists Jewish women writers Novelists from New York City {{US-writer-stub