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Gertrude Chandler Warner
American author
This article is about the children's book author. For the radio actress, see Gertrude Warner.
Gertrude Chandler Warner (April 16, 1890 – August 30, 1979) was an American author, mainly of children's stories.
She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next 18 books in the series.
Biography
Warner was born on April 16, 1890, in Connecticut, to Edgar Morris Warner and Jane Elizabeth Carpenter Warner.
Gertrude Chandler Warner grew up in Putnam, Connecticut.Her family included an older sister, Frances, and a younger brother, John. Her middle name of Chandler came from her mother's ancestors, the Chandlers, who had settled in nearby Woodstock, CT in 1686.[1] Her father Edgar Warner had graduated from Harvard Law School in 1872 and practiced law in Putnam, CT.
The Warners' house on Main Street was located across from the railroad station.[2]
When she was five, Warner dreamed of being an author. Later, she accomplished that dream
