About The Author
Irene Hunt was born May 18, 1907 in Newton, Illinois. In 1939 she received her A.B. degree from the University of Illinois, and in 1946 she received her M.A. degree from the University of Minnesota. Ms. Hunt spent most of her career as a teacher: 1930-1945 in Oak Park, Illinois public schools, 1946-1950 at the University of South Dakota, and 1950-1965 in Cicero, Illinois public schools. Across Five Aprils (1964) was Irene Hunt's first novel, for which she won the Charles W. Follett Award, the American Notable Book Award, and was the sole runner-up for the Newbery Medal. About Across Five Aprils Ms. Hunt said, "I didn't plan my first book for a certain age group. I don't want to aim at a special age of reader. I write when I have something to say, and I hope to say it as well and as gracefully as I can." In 1966, Up a Road Slowly, a Newbery Medal winner, was published, followed by Trail of Apple Blossoms in 1968 and No Promises in the Wind in 1970.
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