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Buckley, Virginia. "Katherine Paterson."

Horn Book 54 (August 1978): 368-371.

Biographical information by Paterson's editor.

Heins, Ethel L. "Review." Horn Book 54 (June 1978): 279. A brief, early review of The Great Gilly Hopkins.

Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. Twentieth-Century Children's Writers. 2d ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1983. Bibliography of Paterson's writing with a critical commentary.

Paterson, Katherine. Gates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing Children's Books. New York: Elsevier/ Nelson, 1981. Several reviews by Paterson reprinted from the Washington Post as well as essays about children's books and their authors' methods.

"National Book Award Acceptance." Horn Book 55 (August 1979): 402-403. Reflections on the writing of The Great Gilly Hopkins.

Powers, Douglas. "Of Time, Place and Person: The Great Gilly Hopkins and Problems of Story for Adopted Children." Children's Literature in Education 15 (Winter 1984):...
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