Feenie Ziner
born:1921-03-22|died:2012-12-13|; Ziner, Feenie, 1921-; Ziner, Feenie, 1921-2012
Florence "Feenie" Ziner (March 22, 1921 — December 13, 2012) was an American author and educator specializing in children's literature. She taught English literature and creative writing at the University of Connecticut for 20 years before retiring in 1994. Her first book for young children, The Book of Time, sold more than half a million copies.
Life and career
Ziner was born Florence Katz in Brooklyn, New York, to first-generation Americans Morris and Sophie (Guttman) Katz. Her father was a diamond merchant. She attended public schools in New York City and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brooklyn College in 1941 and her master's degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work in 1944. She married Zeke Ziner, an artist and sculptor, on September 17, 1941. They had five children: Marc, Joe, Amie, Ted, and Eric. The couple moved to Chicago immediately following World War II, where Ziner worked several years as a psychiatric social worker.
She left her social work career to try her hand at writing, publishing her first book for children in 1956.
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