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Data di nascita: 1909-03-15
Data di morte: 1999-12-09
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Attività lavorative: novelist
screenwriter
short story writer
Relazioni: Cockrell, Amanda (daughter)
Breve biografia: Marian Cockrell was a novelist and screenwriter. In 1945, she published the now-classic children's fantasy book Shadow Castle, which was successful enough for a second printing in 1964 and several additional reprints in the early 1970s. She never published another children's book, but did get six novels for adults into print, along with short stories in magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and Redbook. She also worked as a screenwriter for films and television programs, including Batman and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, as did her screenwriter/director husband Frank Cockrell. Her daughter Amanda Cockrell also became a novelist. In 2000, Shadow Castle was reprinted by the Authors Guild in conjunction with Amanda Cockrell through a program called backinprint.com. This version included six additional chapters that were cut by the original publishers.

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Found: juvenile fairy book - Michael, ring, princess in Name that Book (Mag 2021)

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Shadow Castle di Marian Cockrell

This is the first fantasy that I remember reading. I was probably 10 or so. I always remembered it fondly and saved my copy for many years for my someday children. Well I read it to my boys and they loved it too. It may not have been quite as magical as it was all those years ago but it stood up well to an adult read, especially as I was reading it out loud to my sons.

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Luziadovalongo | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 14, 2022 |

Shadow Castle: Expanded Edition di Marian Cockrell

A very charming, not very important book, definitely for kids, written in what I think of as "Enid Blyton Non-Descript." It is a series of linked stories about a fairy family (and their romantic interactions with mortals) with an uninteresting framing device of a young girl being talked to. Short, brisk, easy to read, well-suited to bedtimes, nice (not "nice" as in "okay, decent" but "nice" as in kind-hearted), but nothing to take the literary world by storm or demand you rush out and buy it.

Undemanding fare perfect for when you're under the weather and want something to read during the soup course.… (altro)

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ashleytylerjohn | 3 altre recensioni | Sep 19, 2018 |

The revolt of Sarah Perkins di Marian Cockrell

Life in the wild west, where men were men and women were still under their thumbs ... maybe.

This is one of my "must keep" books, one I re-read every couple of years. It has drama, romance, comedy ... and a heroine with attitude, always a good thing in (no pun intended) my book.

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cek2read | 1 altra recensione | May 9, 2013 |

Shadow castle di Marian Cockrell

What a wonderful read for the imaginative child I was! The Scholastic paperback edition I read (and still have) was printed in a dark green ink that added to the specialness of the reading experience. I must have read this fantasy half a dozen times before I got to high school. And I've read it a couple times as an adult, and it hold up for me! (I did read the expanded version, but I think Marian Cockrell's editors were right to make the cuts they did.) Find a copy for your favorite 8 to 12 year old!… (altro)