![]() ![]() After graduating from high school, Gates found work in a library and a grocery store. : 118 Later the Gates family moved to Los Gatos. According to Gates, her childhood, "even for those times, was unusually happy." She wrote about it in The Elderberry Bush. It was there, at the age of eight, that Doris began school. : 119 When she was seven they moved to Charles' parents' prune ranch outside San Jose. Her father was a small-town doctor her mother had a BA from Milton College in classical studies. She is also known for her collections of Greek mythology.ĭoris Gates was born on November 26, 1901, in Mountain View, California, the oldest daughter of Charles Obed and Bessie Louise (Jones) Gates. A librarian in Fresno, California, Gates lived and worked among the people described in her novels. Her novel Blue Willow, about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner. Doris Gates (Novem– September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction. ![]()
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