Joan Blos

American · b. 1928

2 award wins

Award History

Award	Year	Book	Status
Newbery Medal	1980	A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal	Winner
National Book Award for Young People's Literature	1980	A Gathering of Days	Winner

Award-Winning Books

Winner
A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal
Joan BlosNewbery Medal
Winner
A Gathering of Days
Joan BlosNational Book Award for Young People's Literature

About Joan Blos

Joan Winsor Blos (1928–2017) was an American author of children's historical fiction, best known for her Newbery Medal-winning novel A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830–32 (1979), which also received the National Book Award.