Russell Freedman author biography, plus links to books by Russell Freedman.

Russell Freedman

Russell Freedman was an award-winning author of more than 60 nonfiction books for young readers. He received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. He lived in New York City until his death in March 2018, aged 88.

This biography was last updated on 08/02/2010.

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