Virginia Sorenson

Virginia Sorenson

Virginia Sorenson, also credited as Virginia Sorensen, (born February 17, 1912, in Provo, Utah; died December 24, 1991) was the author of the 1957 Newbery Medal winning "Miracles on Maple Hill". Her first novel, "A Little Lower Than the Angels", was written and published while she resided in Terre Haute, Indiana, with her first husband, in 1942. She later married Alec Waugh, son of Arthur Waugh and brother of Evelyn Waugh, in 1969. Her books are usually Mormon-themed.


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