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- Barbara Brooks Wallace was born on December 3, 1922 in Suzhou, China. She was a writer, known for ABC Weekend Specials (1977). She was married to Lt. Col. James Wallace Jr. (USAF). She died on November 27, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- SpouseLt. Col. James Wallace Jr. (USAF)(? - 2005) (his death, 1 child)
- She graduated from UCLA in 1945.
- She was a children's author whose books blend Gothic mystery and adventure, often in Victorian-era settings.
- Her father was a former silent-film actor who moved to China to sell lamp oil with the Standard Oil Co. Her mother was Russian, and went to China during the Russian Revolution, becoming a nurse.
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