![]() ![]() publisher and be set in the New World (North, Central, and South America). The winners must be published in English by a U.S. In 1984, he established the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, an award for $5,000 that recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. ![]() In the late 1950s, he began writing children's books. In 1934, O'Dell began writing articles as well as fiction and nonfiction books for adults. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was employed as a cameraman and technical director, as a book columnist for the Los Angeles Mirror, and as book review editor for the Los Angeles Daily News. During World War II, he served in the U.S. He attended multiple colleges, including Occidental College in 1919, the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1920, Stanford University in 1920-1921, and the University of Rome La Sapienza in 1925. He was born on Terminal Island in Los Angeles, California, to parents May Elizabeth Gabriel and Bennett Mason Scott. Scott O'Dell was born O'Dell Gabriel Scott but his name was incorrectly published on a book as "Scott O'Dell" and he decided to keep the name. ![]()
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