Barbara Brooks Wallace

Barbara Brooks Wallace
Born	(1922-12-03)December 3, 1922 Suzhou, China
Died	November 27, 2018(2018-11-27) (aged 95) Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, poet
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Genre	Children's literature
Years active	1975–2012
Notable works	Peppermints in the Parlor (1983) The Twin in the Tavern (1994) Claudia (2001)
Notable awards	Edgar Award (1994, 1998)

Barbara Brooks Wallace (December 3, 1922 – November 27, 2018) was an American children's writer. She won the NLAPW Children's Book Award and International Youth Library "Best of the Best" for Claudia (2001) and William Allen White Children's Book Award for Peppermints in the Parlor (1983).^[1]