Jamie Gilson
Jamie Gilson was born in Beardstown, Illinois, United States on July 4th, 1933 and is the Children's Author. At the age of 86, Jamie Gilson biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jamie Gilson (born July 4, 1933) is an American author of twenty-one children's books.
Gilson writes about her writing style: "I monitor what kids are doing and write stories based on what I see."
Life
Gilson was born in Beardstown, Illinois, on July 4, 1933. She lived in several Midwestern towns, including Boonville, Missouri, Pittsfield, Illinois, Independence, Missouri, and Oak Park, Illinois. She graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1951. She attended the University of Missouri and graduated from Northwestern University's School of Speech.
She was married to trademark attorney Jerome Gilson and has three adult children, Tom, Matthew, and Anne. For the most part, she lived in a Chicago suburb.
She died on February 11, 2020, at her Wilmette, Illinois, at the age of 86.
Career
Gilson taught junior high school for a year, then wrote, produced, and acted in educational radio programs for radio station WBEZ in Chicago. Next, she wrote commercials for radio station WFMT in Chicago, as well as writing films and film strips for Encyclopædia Britannica Films. Gilson also wrote the monthly “Goods” column and other articles for Chicago magazine for ten years. She published her first book for children in 1978, Harvey the Beer Can King. Her final book, My Teacher is an Idiom, was published August 25, 2015.