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Mabel Louise Robinson was born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts. After
attending the Normal School, she taught for a few years and took classes at
Radcliffe College. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia
University in New York. She spent a few years doing research work at the
Carnegie Foundation. During her career, she taught at a number of
colleges and universities: Columbia University, Wellesley College, and
Constantinople College. Although she taught a variety of subjects, she is
probably best known for her classes at Columbia University on creative writing. While
she was at Columbia University, she taught a workshop that resulted in over two
hundred books getting published. She also wrote children's book of her
own. Two of her books were designated Newbery Honor Books by the American
Library Association.
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