Dare Wright (December 3, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian American children's author, model and photographer. Her parents were the portrait painter Edith Stevenson Wright (1883-1975) and a Toronto journalist, Ivan Leonard Wright (1879-1927), who abandoned Dare and her mother when Dare was a toddler. (He took her five-year-old brother Blaine with him to New York, where he became a theater critic.) One of her most popular books was "The Lonely Doll" (1957). The book made The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books, and was followed by eighteen other stories. Out of print for many years, it was reissued in 1998, introducing Wright to a new generation of readers.
Wright died at the age of 86 in Manhattan.
Wright died at the age of 86 in Manhattan.
Dare Wright (December 3, 1914 – January 25, 2001) was a Canadian American children's author, model and photographer. Her parents were the portrait painter Edith Stevenson Wright (1883-1975) and a Toronto journalist, Ivan Leonard Wright (1879-1927), who abandoned Dare and her mother when Dare was a toddler. (He took her five-year-old brother Blaine with him to New York, where he became a theater critic.) One of her most popular books was "The Lonely Doll" (1957). The book made The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books, and was followed by eighteen other stories. Out of print for many years, it was reissued in 1998, introducing Wright to a new generation of readers.
Wright died at the age of 86 in Manhattan.
Wright died at the age of 86 in Manhattan.
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