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as a 1993 Notable Book of the Year, which noted how the book "outlines in rich and intriguing detail the price paid by the editor for questioning the tradition of white supremacy".
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Waldron's earliest writings included six children's novels and nonfiction books for young adults about notable artists. Her first books, published in 1975, were
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which is about a girl who is one of two white students in a newly integrated school.
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Waldron died at age 85 on July 2, 2010, at her home in
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Birmingham, Alabama
Princeton, New Jersey
University of Alabama
Children's literature
crime fiction
Martin Waldron
the South
murder mysteries
Princeton University
Birmingham, Alabama
West End High School
University of Alabama
The Crimson White
The Atlanta Constitution
Martin Waldron
Progressive Farmer
The Tampa Tribune
Houston Chronicle
Caroline Gordon
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Hodding Carter
Greenville, Mississippi
The New York Times
Eudora Welty
murder mysteries
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
heart failure
Pulitzer Prize
Martin Waldron

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