[bksvol-discuss] Re: On Betsy Allen/Betty Cavanna
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 23:55:48 -0700
Hi, Valerie, thanks for writing Ms. Cavanna's biography. I remember reading
some of her books and liking them. Regards, Kim.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] On Betsy Allen/Betty Cavanna
More reason to have interest in adding books penned under Betsy Allen,
Betty Cavanna
Was born Elizabeth Allen Cavanna June 24, 1909 in Camden, N.J., but was
raised in Haddonfield, N.J. As a child she suffered from infantile
paralysis. She overcame her illness with treatment and exercise. While
recuperating, she discovered reading which in turn propelled her into her
writing career.
Ms. Cavanna graduated from the New Jersey College for Women where she
majored in journalism. Like her heiroine, Connie Blair, she also took art
classes in New York and Philadelphia. Her first reporting job was for the
Bayonne Times from 1929 to 1931. She joined the staff of the Westminster
Press in Philadelphia in 1931, and over the next ten years worked as
advertising manager and art director. Ms. Cavanna married Edward Headley in
1940, they had one son together and moved to the suburbs; both commuted to
Philadelphia for their work. They remained married until her husband's death
in 1952.
In 1941 she became a full-time writer after spending her nights writing
short stories. Her first published book was Puppy Stakes, Westminster, 1943.
Since that date, she has written more than eighty books. Some of them were
written under the name Betty Cavanna as well as two pseudonyms: Betsy Allen
and Elizabeth Headly. She wrote the "Connie Blair Mystery" series under the
name Betsy Allen. Under the name Elizabeth Headly, she wrote several books,
including the Diane stories. Ms. Cavanna also wrote a nonfiction series
under the name Betty Cavanna called "Around the World Today" about young
people living in various countries.
The settings of several of her fiction and nonfiction books are exotic
locales. These foriegn environments reflect her her travels to the
Caribbean, Mexico, Europe, South America, Australia, Japan, the South Seas,
the Middle and Far East, eastern Africa, and other areas. In 1957 she
married George Russell Harrison, who accompanied her on many of her travels.
Mr. Harrison also worked as a writer, he co-wrote a nonfiction book with Ms.
Cavanna, and took photographs for his wife's "Around the World Today" series
before his passing in 1979. At the age of 92, Ms. Cavanna died August 13,
2001 at her home in Vezelay, France. Only eleven of the twelve "Connie
Blair" books were written by Betty Cavanna. The twelfth book was written by
a ghost writer and published under the name Betsy Allen.
Valerie
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