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Rosalys HallRosalys Haskell Hall (March 27, 1914 – April 17, 2006) was an American author of children’s books. Hall was seven times descended from Roger Williams and the great-grand niece of Maud Howe Elliott. [1] She attended Ecole Sevigne, in Paris, France, New Jersey College for Women, and Ethical Culture Norman Training School. Hall was a seller of children's books in New York at Doubleday Bookshop, from 1938-1944; and at Longman's, Green & Co. (now merged with David McKay Co., Inc., under McKay name) she worked as editor in Children's Book Department beginning in 1944.[2] She was the fourth generation to write books beginning with Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". She was the published author of seventeen children's books.[1] Several of her books were illustrated by Kurt Werth. A great animal lover (many of her children's books featured animals, including "A Bone for Jonesy"), Hall was known throughout Newport as a dog-walker. [3] References
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