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Grace Moon
American novelist
Grace Moon (–) was an American children's author, publishing many works on Native American themes. Her most notable work was Runaway Papoose, which won a Newbery Honor in [1]
Biography
She was born Grace Purdie in Indianapolis on February 5, .
She received her education from the University of Wisconsin, National Academy of Design, New York and the Art Institute of Chicago.[2][3] She spent several years in Europe and explored Aztec ruins in Mexico with her father.
Her "bringing out" party was at the American Legation in Buenos Aires.[4] In she married Carl Moon, a painter and photographer of the American Indian.[5] Carl worked at El Tovar Studio in the Grand Canyon from until they moved to Pasadena in The couple had two children Francis-Maxwell and Mary.[4] They collaborated on 22 children's books on the Pueblos and Navajos with Carl illustrating some of them.