Rachel Field
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About
Poet and children's author known for Hitty, Her First Hundred Years; Something Told the Wild Geese; and Time Out of Mind. She was a recipient of both the Newbery Honor and the National Book Award.
Before Fame
She attended Radcliffe College. She published one of her earliest poetry collections, The Pointed People, in 1924.
Trivia
She wrote lyrics for the popular Disney musical film, Fantasia.
Family Life
She and her husband, Arthur Pederson, had two children.
Associated With
She was inspired by the work of Lewis Carroll.
