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Bernard Gay Marshall

b. 1875

Best known for lively historical adventures for younger readers, this American author brought medieval England and other earlier worlds to life with a storyteller’s pace. His novel Cedric the Forester was recognized as a runner-up in the first year of the Newbery Medal.

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Cedric, the Forester

Cedric, the Forester

by Bernard Gay Marshall

About the author

Born in Massachusetts in 1875, Bernard Gay Marshall was an American writer of historical fiction for children and young adults. Before establishing himself as an author, he worked in several fields, including music, stenography, and technical and advertising writing.

Marshall is remembered especially for adventure-filled stories set in the past, with Cedric the Forester standing out as his best-known book. That novel was named a runner-up for the inaugural Newbery Medal in 1922, which helped secure his place in early American children’s literature.

He died in 1945. Reliable portrait images were not clearly available from the source page I checked, so no profile image is included here.