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- Birth nameBeverly Atlee Bunn
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- 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.
- SpouseClarence Thomas Cleary(October 6, 1940 - June 15, 2004) (his death, 2 children)
- 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.
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