![]() She studied at the University of Wisconsin, where she took classes in art, writing, and child psychology, exquisitely apt preparation. She found solace in books and determined early to be a writer. She wore a back brace for scoliosis, and that, combined with the eyeglasses and orthodontic braces she wore, compounded her self-consciousness. ![]() Young Charlotte was sickly and shy because of her family’s frequent moves, she was often the new girl in class. Her father, Louis, was a lawyer and not terribly successful businessman, and the Shapiros moved often, fetching up in Detroit Brookline, Mass. Her mother, Ella, was a suffragist and active member of Hadassah. Zolotow’s concern for children’s deepest feelings, she often said, was rooted in her own uneasy childhood.Ĭharlotte Gertrude Shapiro was born in Norfolk, Va. ![]() ![]() Zolotow was also a skilled matchmaker, pairing them with many of the illustrators whose work adorned her own books. Editing writers for younger children, Ms. Zolotow was known as a midwife of books of immense emotional honesty: “Night Kites,” for instance, was among the first novels for young adults to deal with AIDS. ![]()
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