Eleanor Coerr was a Canadian-born American writer of children's books, including Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and many picture books.
10 Facts About Eleanor Coerr
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Eleanor Coerr was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in Saskatoon.
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Eleanor Coerr was exposed to Japanese scenery and told her friend that she wished to visit Japan one day, a request which Coerr fulfilled during the writing of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes.
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Eleanor Coerr attended the University of Saskatchewan, later transferring to the Kadel Airbrush School.
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Eleanor Coerr earned a bachelor's degree in English from American University, and a master's degree in library science from the University of Maryland.
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Eleanor Coerr taught children's literature at Monterey Peninsula College and creative writing at Chapman College in California.
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Eleanor Coerr was a career diplomat, and she travelled with him to a number of countries, including foreign posts in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Philippines, and Brazil.
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Eleanor Coerr both wrote and illustrated her first book in 1945, although she did not begin to publish her work until the 1960s.
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Eleanor Coerr is perhaps best known for her book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, published in 1977.
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Eleanor Coerr is told that folding a thousand paper cranes will make her well.