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Else Holmelund Minarik
American author of children's books
Else Holmelund Minarik (née Holmelund; September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was a Danish-born American author of more than 40 children's books.
She was most commonly associated with her Little Bear series of children's books, which were adapted for television.[1] Minarik was also the author of another well-known book, No Fighting, No Biting![2][3]
Biography
Born in Fredericia, Denmark, Minarik immigrated to the United States at the age of four with her family.
As a young child in Denmark, she was introduced to the stories of Hans Christian Andersen.[4] By 1940, Else had married Walter Minarik, who died in 1963.[1] After graduating from Queens College, City University of New York (B.A., 1942), she became a journalist, for the Daily Sentinel newspaper of Rome, New York, during World War II.
She subsequently lived on Long Island, where she was employed as a firs