Carol Ryrie Brink Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Caroline Ryrie was the daughter of a Scots immigrant who became the first mayor of the town of Moscow, Idaho, and his wife, the daughter of a pioneer medical doctor. Early orphaned, Carol, as she was called, was reared by her maternal grandmother Caroline Augusta Woodhouse Watkins and her two maiden aunts; they were all skilled and descriptive ...
August 15, 1981, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Moscow, Idaho, USA
Profession
Writer
Education
University of Idaho, University of California, Berkeley
Nationality
American
Spouse
Raymond W. Brink (m. 1918–1973)
Children
David R. Brink, Norah Brink Hunter
Parents
Alexander Ryrie, Henrietta Watkins
Awards
John Newbery Medal
Movies
Caddie Woodlawn, All I Desire
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
1
She received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Idaho in 1965.
2
Her novels won several awards, including the John Newberry Award (1936, "Caddie Woodlawn"); the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1959, for "Caddie Woodlawn"); the Friends of American Writers Award (1955, for "The Headland"); the McKnight Family Foundation Medal (1966, for "Snow in the River"); the National League of American Pen Women Award (1966, for "Snow in the River"); the Southern California Council of Literature for Children and Young People Award (1966); and the Kerland Award (1978, for "Four Girls on a Homestead").
3
In her hometown of Moscow, Idaho, a local nature park and a building on the campus of the University of Idaho bear her name.