MacLachlan, Patricia (Nombre personal)

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Wikipedia, Sept. 21, 2016 (Patricia "Patty" MacLachlan (born March 3, 1938) is an American children's writer, who is best known for the 1986 Newbery Medal-winning novel Sarah, Plain and Tall.)

Scholastic website, Sept. 21, 2016 (Patricia MacLachlan ; An American author of children's picture books and novels for middle-grade readers, Patricia MacLachlan, was born Patricia Pritzkau in Cheyenne, Wyo., March. 3, 1938, frequently focuses her stories on the family.)

Washington post WWW site, viewed April 14, 2022 (in obituary dated April 5, 2022: Patricia MacLachlan, a writer known to millions of young readers as the author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall," died March 31 at her home in Williamsburg, Mass. She was 84. Patricia Marie Pritzkau was born in Cheyenne, Wyo., on March 3, 1938; husband Robert MacLachlan)

Wikipedia, viewed September 12, 2022: under "Patricia MacLachlan" (Patricia MacLachlan studied English at the University of Connecticut, graduating in 1962 with her bachelor's. Taught English at Bennett Junior High School 1963-1979, then began career as an author, during which she authored over 60 children's book, including some in collaboration with her daughter, Emila McLachlan Charest.)