Alice Dalgliesh

Alice Dalgliesh was a naturalized American writer and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children. She has been called "a pioneer in the field of children's historical fiction". Three of her books were runners-up for the annual Newbery Medal, the partly autobiographical The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble, which was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.

7 October 1893

Born on the same birth day (7 October): Catharine A. MacKinnon • Frank Boucher • Janet Shaw (cyclist) • Lockett Pundt • Lorna Wing • Madjid Bougherra • Peter Baker (golfer) • Rhyno • Sam Brown (singer) • Tim Minchin • Willie Naulls • Zaheer Khan

Born in the same month (October 1893): Carol II of Romania • Clarence Williams (musician) • George Ohsawa • Kurt Reidemeister • Lillian Gish • Lois Lenski • Luis Otero (footballer) • Miloš Crnjanski • Mário de Andrade • Raffaele Bendandi • Roland Freisler • Sidney Holland • Velvalee Dickinson