Jean Craighead George

Jean Carolyn Craighead George was an American author who wrote more than one hundred books for children and young adults. Her notable works include the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Throughout her career, she focused on themes involving the environment and the natural world.

In addition to her fiction, George authored at least two guides on cooking with wild foods. She also wrote an autobiography titled Journey Inward, which was published thirty years before her death.