ĭaughters Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers are also children's writers. Betsy and Ed Byars are both licensed aircraft pilots and lived on an airstrip in Seneca, South Carolina, the bottom floor of their house being a hangar. Her first novel, Clementine, was published in 1962. Her work was eventually featured in The Saturday Evening Post, Look, Everywoman's Magazine, and TV Guide. While her husband was busy during the day with his studies, Betsy began writing for magazines. In 1956, the family moved from Clemson, South Carolina, to Urbana, Illinois, where Edward pursued further graduate work at the University of Illinois, eventually becoming a professor of engineering at West Virginia University in 1960. They had three daughters and a son between 19: Laurie, Betsy Ann, Nan, and Guy.
Īfter graduating, Cromer met Edward Ford Byars, a graduate student in engineering at Clemson University, and they married on June 24, 1950. She attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, from 1946 to 1948, before transferring to Queens College in Charlotte, where she graduated in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in English.
Her childhood was spent during the Great Depression. Biography īetsy Cromer Byars was born August 7, 1928, in Charlotte, North Carolina to George Guy, a cotton mill executive, and Nan ( née Rugheimer) Cromer, a homemaker.
Due to the popularity of her books with children, she was listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors. Mud Blossom (1991).īyars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) Īnd an Edgar Award for Wanted. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. Betsy Byars (née Cromer Aug– February 26, 2020) was an American author of children's books.
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