She also served as the Director of the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. Yates conducted writer's workshops at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Connecticut, and Indiana University. Yates won the Newbery Award in 1951 for her book, Amos Fortune, Free Man, a biography of an African prince who is enslaved and taken to America. She moved to England with her husband and wrote her first book, High Holiday, based on her travels in Switzerland with her three children. She worked a variety of jobs including reviewing book, writing short stories, and doing research. Determined to be an author, she moved to New York City to launch her career. Yates conducted writer's workshops at the University of New Hampshire, the University of Connecticut, and Indiana Elizabeth Yates, author of over forty books for children, was born in New York State on December 6th, 1905. Elizabeth Yates, author of over forty books for children, was born in New York State on December 6th, 1905.
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