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Born in Glendale, California, Beatrice grew up in Southern California. After graduating from Pomona College, she worked in publishing near San Francisco. There she met and married Robert Gormley, and they moved to Massachusetts. They have two daughters.
Since age 9 Beatrice had wanted to become a writer. But it wasn't until after her children were born that she really focused on her writing. In 1981 her first book, Mail Order Wings,was published. Since then she's written many popular novels and biographies for young people. Her most recent books are Barack Obama: Our 44th President; and Poisoned Honey (a novel of Mary Magdalene). Coming in Fall 2013: Friends of Liberty, a novel of the Boston Tea Party.


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Average rating: 3.63 · 769 ratings · 124 reviews · 38 distinct works · Similar authors
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Mail-Order Wings
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 81 ratings5 editions
Salome
3.24 of 5 stars 3.24 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
Poisoned Honey: A Story of ...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 742 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions
Back To The Titanic (Travel...
3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 47 ratings4 editions
Barack Obama: Our 44th Pres...
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 36 ratings5 editions
C. S. Lewis: Christian and ...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings6 editions
Adara
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Fifth Grade Magic (Children's Books)
1 chapters   —   updated Feb 18, 2010 12:10pm
Description: Gretchen Nichols fully expects to be the star of the fifth-grade play. But just before the teacher picks the cast, Gretchen accidentally gets on her wrong side. Mrs. Sheppard doesn’t give Gretchen any part at all! Even worse, she gives the starring role to Amy Sacher, who speaks her lines like a robot. Gretchen is desperate enough to try anything—even to believe in magic. Little does Gretchen know her troubles are just beginning—with hilarious results.
Poisoned Honey (Literature & Fiction)
1 chapters   —   updated Feb 18, 2010 12:05pm
Description: A novel of Mary Magdalene

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