Lore Segal

Lore Groszmann Segal

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Lore Groszman was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of a bank accountant. In 1938, when the Nazis came into power, her father was fired because of his ethnicity, and in 1939 her parents sent her to England to escape the Nazis. She lived in several foster homes and wrote the British government to convince them to allow her parents to join her in England. Her father was interned in a Scottish camp for and died shortly before the end of the war. Lore and her mother stayed in England. Lore received a degree in English Literature from Bedford College of the University of London. In 1951, Lore immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City. She worked and wrote short stories, which were published in magazines. In 1961, she married David Segal in 1961, with whom she had two children. She began to write children's books, and in 1964, she published her first book, Other People's Houses, which was based on her experiences as a child refugee. In 1968 she began teaching writing at Columbia University School of the Arts. In 1970, her husband died. She continues to live in New York City and to write.

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Ladies' Lunch
Representative edition published 2023
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Tell Me a Mitzi
Representative edition published 2017
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Half the Kingdom
Representative edition published 2014
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Half the kingdom
Representative edition published 2013
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Haar eerste Amerikaan
Representative edition published 2009
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Lucinella
Representative edition published 2009
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Shakespeare's Kitchen
Representative edition published 2007
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More Mole stories and Little Gopher, too
Representative edition published 2005
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The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat
Representative edition published 2005
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The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat
Representative edition published 2005
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Why Mole Shouted
Representative edition published 2004
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Her First American
Representative edition published 2004
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Other People's Houses
Representative edition published 2004
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The juniper tree, and other tales from Grimm
Representative edition published 2003
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Morris the artist
Representative edition published 2003
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Other People's Houses
Representative edition published 2003
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Du the pour lorry
Representative edition published 1998
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Du the pour lorry
Representative edition published 1998
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The story of King Saul and King David
Representative edition published 1991
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Tell Me a Mitzi
Representative edition published 1991
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The book of Adam to Moses
Representative edition published 1989
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Tell me a Trudy
Representative edition published 1989
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All the Way Home
Representative edition published 1988
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Ilka's first American
Representative edition published 1985
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