Iris Noble


Iris Noble was a Canadian-American journalist and a prolific writer of books, best known for writing biographies for teens.
Iris Noble was born as Iris Davis in Canada to parents from the US. At the age of 11 they moved to Oregon. Iris would obtain her bachelor's from the University of Oregon. At just 18 years old, in 1940, she married Hollister Noble, also a writer, with whom she later lived in New York City and California.

Books

Nellie Bly, first woman reporter, 1867-1922 Joseph Pulitzer: Front Page Pioneer Clarence Darrow Defense Attorney The Doctor Who Dared: William Osler The Courage of Dr. Lister Great Lady of the Theatre: Sarah Bernhardt William Shakespeare First Woman Ambulance Surgeon: Emily Barringer Egypt's Queen: Cleopatra Physician to the Children : Dr. Bela Schick Nurse Around the World: Alice Fitzgerald Megan Empress of All Russia: Catherine the Great Labor's advocate: Eugene V. Debs Courage in Her Hands Leonardo da Vinci: The Universal Genius Firebrand for Justice: A Biography of Louis Dembitz Brandeis Spain's Golden Isabella I of Castile|Queen Isabella The Honor of Balboa Emmeline Pankhurst|Emmeline and Her Daughters: The Pankhurst Suffragettes Master Surgeon: John Hunter |John Hunter Treasure of the Caves: The Story of the Dead Sea Scrolls Israel's Golda Meir: Pioneer to Prime Minister Cameras and Courage: Margaret Bourke-White Interpol, International Crime Fighter Susan B. Anthony Mahmud's Story: The Journal of a Palestinian Refugee Life on the Line: Alternative Approaches to Work Contemporary Women Scientists of America Nazi Hunter, Simon Wiesenthal
  • ''Tingambato: Adventure in Archaeology''