Alice Alison Lide

Alice Alison Lide was an American author of children's books. She received a 1930 Newbery Honor for her book Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer.

Biography

Alice Alison was born in Richmond, Alabama on February 8, 1890 to Joseph D. and Annie Hearst Alison. She had at least one sibling, Margaret Alison Johansen, with whom she sometimes wrote. She attended Converse College and Columbia University.
Alison eventually married Thomas Evan Lide and added his last name to hers. The couple lived in Selma and Carlowville, Alabama.
Lide died November 21, 1955.