Her collected papers are held by the University of Minnesota. Ĭassedy died April 6, 1989, in Manhasset, NY. Based on her teaching experience, she wrote a guide to creative writing In Your Own Words: a Beginner's Guide to Writing. She translated collections of poems from India and from Japan. īesides her young adult novels, Cassedy wrote two volumes of poetry. and Morton, and Lucie Babbidge's House feature preadolescent girls as protagonists, who use fantasy and play to improve their circumstances. Her three novels Behind the Attic Wall, M.E. Ĭassedy is known for her young adult novels. She graduated from Brooklyn College, and worked as a primary and secondary school teacher. Sylvia Cassedy (Janu– April 6, 1989) was an American novelist and poet, who is best known for her children's and young adult fiction.Ĭassedy was born January 29, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York.
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