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Elvira Woodruff
Elvira Woodruff (born June 19, 1951) is an American children's writer〔〔March 15th, 2008, (Kirkus Review of 'Fearless' ), Accessed June 15, 2014, "...Woodruff spins a labored but engrossing tale around a lighthouse, its builder and a cataclysmic storm—all three drawn from history..."〕〔March 1, 1991, Publishers Weekly, (The Wing Shop (by) Elvira Woodruff, Author ), Accessed June 15, 2014, "...Woodruff's gentle wit and sense of broad fantasy raise The Wing Shop head and shoulders above the norm.."〕〔October 20, 1989, GAY ELWELL, The Morning Call (Lehigh Valley newspaper), (Storyteller Elvira Woodruff Is Big On Kids ), Accessed June 15, 2014, "..For five years, Woodruff plied the storyteller's craft at Easton Public Library, where she worked in the children's room and conducted story hour. She now fills the storyteller niche at the Easton Book Shop. Her storytelling has also taken a different tack, with the publication of her first children's novel, "Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade."......With publication of "Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade" under her belt, Woodruff is looking forward to next year. "Tubtime," a picture book, is scheduled for publication in spring of 1990, and in the summer, another novel for 8-to-10-year-olds, titled (not her idea, she says) "I Shrank My Grandmother," will come out. Another fantasy picture book, "The Wing Shop," and a Christmas book, are due to come out next fall...."〕 known for books that include elements of fantasy and history.〔
==Writing==
Elvira Pirozzi was born in Somerset County, New Jersey, and attended Adelphi University and Boston University for one year each as an English literature major.〔 She held diverse jobs including janitor, gardener, ice-cream truck driver, receptionist, window-dresser, store owner, and baker.〔〔 Her first marriage did not last, and she found herself divorced and raising two young sons.〔 She worked as a librarian in Easton, Pennsylvania and read stories to young children. She began writing.〔 By 1999, she had written twenty children's books.〔Gloria A. Hoffner, INQUIRER SUBURBAN STAFF, May 13, 1999, The Inquirer, (Children Can Go By The Book Writer Elvira Woodruff Urged Students At The Norwood School To Read ), Accessed June 15, 2014, "..Woodruff, 48, the author of 20 children's books, shared writing tips and life experiences recently with 750 kindergarten through eighth-grade students at Norwood Elementary School. ......Writing always had been something she wanted to do, Woodruff said, even as she worked in a variety of jobs, from gardener to ice-cream-truck driver. Her dream and occupation came together in the mid-1980s, she said, when she was working in a library and raising two sons as a divorced mother...."〕
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