Jane Werner Watson
BornJuly 11, 1915 (1915-07-11)
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died2004 (aged 88–89)
Pen name
  • Elisa Jane Werner Watson
  • Jane Werner
  • Annie North Bedford
  • Monica Hill
  • Elsa Ruth Nast
  • W.K. Jasner,
  • A.B. Bedford
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksLittle Golden Books

Jane Werner Watson, born Elsa Jane Werner (July 11, 1915 – 2004) was an American children's author. She also wrote under the names Elsa Jane Werner Watson, Jane Werner, Annie North Bedford, Monica Hill, Elsa Ruth Nast, W. K. Jasner, and A. N. Bedford.[1]

Biography

Jane Werner was born on July 11, 1915, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,[1][2] the daughter of Henry Charles Werner, a physician, and Elsa, née Nast.[3] She earned a B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1936.[4] She was one of the original editors of the Little Golden Books series,[5] which were published by Western Publishing in conjunction with Simon and Schuster. She went on to write approximately 150 books in the Little Golden Books series.[2]

In 1954 she married Earnest C. Watson, a Caltech physicist on sabbatical leave, at Tarbert in Scotland. Until his retirement from Caltech in 1959, the couple spent weekends and holidays in Santa Barbara.[6] From 1960 to 1962 Earnest Watson worked as a science attaché to the United States Embassy in New Delhi. While they lived in New Delhi, the couple formed a large collection of Indian miniatures.[7]

Papers are held at the University of Minnesota.[4]

Works

References

  1. ^ a b Library of Congress name authority file. Accessed 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Library Association (1989). Wisconsin literary travel guide. Wisconsin Library Association. p. 13.
  3. ^ Something about the Author. Gale Research. 1989. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-8103-2264-6.
  4. ^ a b Jane Werner Watson Papers, University of Minnesota. Accessed 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ Jane Watson Werner, Penguin Random House. Accessed 12 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Earnest Watson, 1892-1970" (PDF). 22 August 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. ^ Pramod Chandra (1971). Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. and Jane Werner Watson. Elvehjem Art Center, University of Wisconsin. ISBN 978-0-299-97005-5.

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