Mary Q. Steele
Full name: Mary Quintard Govan Steele
Noted American author and naturalist of over 20 books --- some adult-style, but mostly for children. Her 1970 Journey Outside was a Newbery Honor Book. Steele sometimes wrote under the name Wilson Gage.
Steele was the youngest daughter of an author-historian and a well-known children's writer, Christine Noble Govan (author of The Pink Maple House). Her older sister, Emmy Govan West, was also a children's author. A graduate of the University of Chattanooga, Steele was married to author William O. Steele.
Noted American author and naturalist of over 20 books --- some adult-style, but mostly for children. Her 1970 Journey Outside was a Newbery Honor Book. Steele sometimes wrote under the name Wilson Gage.
Steele was the youngest daughter of an author-historian and a well-known children's writer, Christine Noble Govan (author of The Pink Maple House). Her older sister, Emmy Govan West, was also a children's author. A graduate of the University of Chattanooga, Steele was married to author William O. Steele.
