Beverly Cleary was born on April 12, 1916 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. She was a writer, known for Ramona and Beezus (2010), Ramona (1988) and ABC Weekend Specials (1977). She was married to Clarence Thomas Cleary. She died on March 25, 2021 in Carmel, California, USA.
Recipient of a (USA) National Medal of Arts, 2003.
Won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in 1975.
She attended the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington. She earned money for tuition with a variety of jobs, including seamstress and chambermaid.
Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1938, with a degree in English, and earned a second degree, in Library Science, from the University of Washington in 1939.
She was the daughter of Mable Atlee, a schoolteacher, and Chester Lloyd Bunn, a farmer.