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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:06 am
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About the first "World Famous Muriel" book, published in 1984:

"Asked to tightrope walk for the queen's birthday party, Muriel
arrives to discover that all the decorative paper lanterns have
disappeared and that her detecting skills are needed too."

Alexander lived in West Hills, California.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alexander14-2008jul14,0,65703.story
(includes photo)

Excerpts:

"Nadia the Willful," a 1983 book about a Bedouin girl mourning her
brother's death, grew out of Alexander's grief over the death of her
brother and her father's unwillingness to talk about it. "Nadia"
became one of her best-regarded books.

"Lila on the Landing" from 1987 recalled her 1940s childhood in
Chicago, as did "Sara's City." That 1995 story poetically captures a
night when the city was like "a dark coat with shiny buttons" and a
ride on the El reveals back porches showing "little pieces of
everybody's world."

http://www.sue-alexander.com/html/home.html

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/suealexanderbib.htm
(bibliography & brief descriptions)

http://www.authorfest.org/authors/alexander/index.html
(brief interview)

Lenona.
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