{"id":1726,"date":"2014-10-27T06:33:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2014-10-27T06:33:48","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:33:48","slug":"fisher-aileen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/fisher-aileen\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher, Aileen"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1731 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ph_af1.jpg\" alt=\"Aileen Fisher\" width=\"140\" height=\"188\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1729 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bk_sing.jpg\" alt=\"Sing of the Earth and Sky\" width=\"120\" height=\"178\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1728 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bk_heard.jpg\" alt=\"I Heard a Bluebird Sing\" width=\"120\" height=\"172\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1727 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bk_eastr.jpg\" alt=\"The Story of Easter\" width=\"140\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bk_eastr.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bk_eastr-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Born on September 9, 1906 in Iron River, Michigan, Aileen Fisher graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism in 1927. She moved to Chicago, helped to place women journalists, and became director in 1928 of the Women\u2019s National Journalistic Register.<\/p>\n<p>She sold her first poem to <i>Child Life<\/i> magazine in 1927. Her first book was published in 1933, a collection of poetry entitled the <i>The Coffee-Pot Face<\/i>. A prolific magazine author, she also wrote many books, such as <i>Rabbits, Rabbits<\/i> and<i>Going Barefoot<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1978, Ms. Fisher was awarded the National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry award.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Fisher died at her home in Boulder, Colorado, on December 2, 2002, at the age of 96. Her final book, <i>I Heard a Bluebird Sing<\/i>, was published by Wordsong in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014\u00a0Vicki Palmquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born on September 9, 1906 in Iron River, Michigan, Aileen Fisher graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism in 1927. She moved to Chicago, helped to place women journalists, and became director in 1928 of the Women\u2019s National Journalistic Register. 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