Arielle North Olson

Arielle North Olson

Arielle North Olson is an author of children's books.

Family

Arielle is the daughter of noted author Sterling North, who wrote "Rascal". She is also the niece of author, poet and editor Jessica Nelson North. She is one of the copyright owners of Sterling North's body of work. She now has 3 children and 7 grandchildren, and is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.

Arielle is from a multi-generation literary family. Arielle's great-grandparents, James Hervey Nelson and Sarah Orelup Nelson, were Wisconsin pioneers. In 1917, which would have been her great-grandfather James Hervey Nelson's 100th birthday, three of her great-uncles, including early Amazon missionary Justus Henry Nelson, wrote extended biographies about their parents and their pioneer farm life. These writing efforts may have been a literary inspiration to both her father Sterling and her aunt Jessica.

Writing career

Arielle has written:
* "Hurry Home Grandma"
* "Noah's Cats and the Devil's Fire"
* "The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter"

She has edited:
* "Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World"

She also reviewed children's books for the St. Louis Post Dispatch for 26 years.

Her biography is captured in:
* "Contemporary Authors"

The Sterling North Society

Arielle is an honorary director of the Sterling North Society in Edgerton, Wisconsin. She also donated some of Sterling's mementos to the Sterling North museum there.

External links

* [http://authors.missouri.org/m-p/olson-a.html Missouri authors]
* [http://books.missouri.org/heritage/sl-area.html Mention of her in article about St. Louis' literary legacy]
* [http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2006/10/14/0610140041.php Article about the Centennial Celebration and the naming of Edgerton as "Booktown"]
* [http://www.edgerton.k12.wi.us/epacupcomingevents.htm Agenda of the Centennial celebration mentioning her as starting the Opening Ceremony]
* [http://www.sterlingnorth.com/pdf/Sep_05_Newsletter.pdf Sterling North Society newsletter mentioning her several times.]
* [http://webpages.charter.net/mkbradley/bookfest/authors.html Short bio of her in the Edgerton Bookfest notes]


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