Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 1976

American journalist, author and poet, born February 4, 1930, in Dayton, OH; daughter of Charles Harmon (a contractor and engineer) and Elizabeth Shook; married Freeman Brackett Hazen, December 27, 1956 (divorced, 1960); children: Freeman Brackett, Jr. Education: Smith College, B.A., 1951; Columbia University, M.A., 1952. Politics: "Varying." Religion: "Presbyterian and/or eclectic." Hobbies and other interests: Biking, travel, theatre.

Barbara Shook Hazen is the author of more than sixty books for children. She has been writing children's books for over forty years.