Wilson, Hazel
Entry updated 1 December 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1898-1992) US librarian and author, almost always for younger readers. She is best known for the Herbert sequence about adventures of a young lad whose careless parents allow him to get into pickles, beginning with Herbert (1950). Of some sf interest is Herbert's Space Trip (1955), where Herbert saves an Alien planet from disaster with the help of his Uncle Horace, who is resourceful, like most uncles in twentieth-century children's books. [JC]
Hazel Hutchins Wilson
born Portland, Maine: 8 April 1898
died Bethesda, Maryland: 20 August 1992
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Herbert (selected)
- Herbert (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1950) [Herbert: illus/hb/John N Barron]
- Herbert's Space Trip (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1955) [Herbert: illus/hb/Kurt Werth]
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