C. S. Adler

C.S. (Carole Schwerdtfeger) Adler (born February 23, 1932) is an American children's book author. She has been a full-time writer since the 1979 publication of her first book, The Magic of the Glits, which won both the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award.

Books Adler has published over 40 books for young readers. Many of her books have been on state lists, and have been published in Japan, Germany, England, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and France.

Awards The Magic of the Glits won the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award. The Shell Lady's Daughter was chosen by the A.L.A. as one of the best young adult books of 1983. With Westie and the Tin Man won the Children's Book Award of the Child Study Committee in 1986. Split Sisters & Ghost Brother were I.R.A. Children's Choices selections. One Sister Too Many was on the 1991 Young Adults' Choices list. Always and Forever Friends & Eddie's Blue Winged Dragon were on the 1991 I.R.A. 99 Favorite Paperbacks list. One Unhappy Horse won the ASPCA Henry Berg Award in 2002.

Background and personal life Adler moved to Tucson, Arizona, after spending most of her life in upstate New York, where before publishing she was a middle school English teacher in the Niskayuna school district, for nearly a decade.