As per our current Database, Eleanor Coerr has been died on Nov 22, 2010 (age 88).
When Eleanor Coerr die, Eleanor Coerr was 88 years old.
| Popular As | Eleanor Coerr |
| Occupation | Children's Author |
| Age | 88 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 29, 1922 (Canada) |
| Birthday | May 29 |
| Town/City | Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
Eleanor Coerr’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Eleanor Coerr was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
The author of the acclaimed children's historical fiction book Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1977), Coerr also penned Sam the Minuteman (1995); Josefina Story Quilt (2006); Biography of a Kangaroo (1976); and many other children's novels and picture books.
After earning an undergraduate degree in English from American University, she obtained a master's in library science from the University of Maryland and subsequently worked as a Journalist, newspaper Editor, and creative writing Teacher. She published her first children's book, Twenty-five Dragons, in 1971.
Her Japanese childhood best friend inspired her enduring interest in Japanese culture and history, which, in turn, eventually led her to write her most famous literary work.
She was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada. During her three-decade marriage to diplomat Wymberly De Renne Coerr (which ended with his death in 1996), she lived in the Philippines, Thailand, Brazil, Taiwan, the United States, and Japan.
She authored a 1976 young adult work about the famous primatologist Jane Goodall.
