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Eleanore Myers Jewett
1890–1967
A lively writer of historical fiction and nonfiction for younger readers, she had a gift for turning the medieval world into stories that still feel adventurous and human. Her best-known book, The Hidden Treasure of Glaston, earned a Newbery Honor and remains the work most closely linked with her name.
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Wonder Tales from Tibet
by Eleanore Myers Jewett
About the author
Born in New York City in 1890, she studied at Barnard College and later earned a master's degree from Columbia University. Her academic interest in medieval literature shaped much of her writing, and she became known for books that brought history, legend, and faraway places within reach of young readers.
Her work ranged across historical fiction, retellings, and nonfiction, but medieval subjects appeared again and again. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston, set in 12th-century England, received a Newbery Honor in 1947 and is still her most widely remembered title.
Archival records from Barnard also show how active she was as a student, including work on the Barnard Bulletin and editing Mortarboard for the class of 1912. She died in 1967, leaving behind a body of writing that reflects both serious research and a clear love of storytelling.