Elizabeth Marie Pope

Elizabeth Marie Pope (1917–1992) was an American author and educator specializing in Elizabethan England, the works of John Milton and William Shakespeare, and young-adult fantasy. She taught English at Mills College in California for 38 years and received the Newbery Honor in 1975 for her historical fantasy novel 'The Perilous Gard'.

Washington, DC, USA May 1, 1917 Wikipedia
Young-adult fantasy Historical fantasy Elizabethan literature