Edith Kunhardt Davis

Edith Kunhardt Davis, also known as E. K. Davis, was an American writer. She wrote more than 70 children's books.

Biography

Edith Turner Kunhardt was born September 30, 1937, in Morristown, New Jersey, to Philip B. Kunhardt, a textile executive, and Dorothy Kunhardt, a writer. She attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1959 with a degree in art history.
When Davis was 3 years old in 1940, her mother Dorothy Kunhardt wrote Pat the Bunny dedicated to Davis.
Between 1959 and 1971, she married Edward Shippen Davis.
Davis started her career with Golden Books as an editorial assistant and ended up being a senior editor. She also wrote sequels to Pat the Bunny such as Pat the Cat, Pat the Puppy, and Pat the Christmas Bunny.
In 2020, she died at the age of 82.

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