Deborah Howe

Deborah Howe
Born	August 12, 1946(1946-08-12) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died	June 3, 1978(1978-06-03) (aged 31)
Occupation	Writer
Genres	Juvenile fiction, Young adult fiction, Horror
Influences Dracula

Deborah Howe wrote the children's books Bunnicula and Teddy Bear's Scrapbook along with her husband James Howe in the late 1970s. She died of cancer at age 31 after Bunnicula was published.^[1] She graduated from Boston University and worked as a theater actress before becoming a writer. She was survived by her parents, her husband James, and her younger brother.^[2]

Howe's work won the following awards:

• AL Notable Children's Books,
• CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council),
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (VT)
• Emphasis on Reading Book Award (AL)
• Golden Sower Award (NE)
• Iowa Children's Choice Award
• IRA/CBC Children's Choices
• Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award (NM)
• Nene Award (HI)
• Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
• Sequoyah Children's Book Award (OK)
• South Carolina Book Award
• Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (FL)

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References

1. ^ http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_howe.html
2. ^ "Writing Bunnicula: The Story Behind the Story" by James Howe, in Bunnicula, Atheneum Books, New York, NY, Revised Format Edition 1999.
3. ^ http://books.simonandschuster.ca/Bunnicula/Deborah-Howe/9780689307003

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Name	Howe, Deborah
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Date of birth	August 12, 1946
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of death	June 3, 1978
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