In the thirty-odd years of his writing career, Lloyd Chudley Alexander has proven himself a master in the field of modern children's literature. His numerous literary awards both in the United States and Europe, as well as his widespread readership,...

Lloyd Alexander was born on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in that city. "Family life as a child was unextraordinary. My childhood was certainly no more miserable than anyone else's, although at the time, I thought it was. I...

Lloyd Alexander is widely regarded as a master of twentieth-century children's literature. He is best-known for his fantasy fiction and modern fables: imaginative and adventurous stories, often rooted in historical fact and legend, which explore...

Lloyd Alexander, 83, a critically acclaimed fantasy and adventure writer whose coming-of-age novels use vivid action and elements of mythology to depict contemporary struggles between good and evil, died May 17 at his home in Drexel Hill, Pa. He had cancer. Mr. Alexander...

Lloyd Alexander was an author of outstanding distinction, his fantasy novels setting new standards in meticulous craftsmanship powered by an individual imagination. Frequently cited by more junior American writers as one of their main literary influences when young, he was often seen as J.R.R....

Lloyd AlexanderPHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Lloyd Alexander, a prolific writer of children's books including the five-book series "The Chronicles of Prydain," has died. He was 83.Alexander died Thursday at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Drexel Hill, said Jennifer Abbots, spokeswoman for his publishing company,...

World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in the Vietnam era.Vonnegut turned his ordeal as a POW during the 1945 allied firebombing of Dresden, Germany, into his 1969...