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Edward Ormondroyd

1925 – 2025

American children's writer

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Lived 1925 – 2025 (aged 99–100). Edward Ormondroyd was an American writer, novelist, children's writer and librarian.

Edward Ormondroyd (October 8, 1925 – September 14, 2025) was an American writer of children's books. He is best known for David and the Phoenix, a fantasy novel. His time travel novel Time at the Top was filmed for television in 1999.

Life and career Ormondroyd was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on October 8, 1925. He grew up in Pennsylvania and Michigan, before serving two years on a destroyer escort in World War II. Ormondroyd participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Joan Ormondroyd died on January 10, 2024, at the age of 93. Edward Ormondroyd died on September 14, 2025, at the age of 99.

Works Source: Loganberry Books. Theodore, illus. John M. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1966) Michael, the Upstairs Dog, illus. Cyndy Szekeres (Dial Press, 1967) Broderick, illus. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1969) Theodore's Rival, illus. Larrecq (Parnassus, 1971) Castaways on Long Ago, illus. Ruth Robbins (Parnassus, 1973) Imagination Greene, illus. John Lewis (Parnassus, 1973) All in Good Time, illus. Robbins (Parnassus, 1975) – sequel to Time at the Top Johnny Castleseed, illus. Diana Thewlis (Houghton Mifflin, 1985)

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1925, Wilkinsburg
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Who was Edward Ormondroyd?

American children's writer

When was Edward Ormondroyd born?

Edward Ormondroyd was born in 1925 in Wilkinsburg.

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Edward Ormondroyd died on 14 September 2025.

What was Edward Ormondroyd's occupation?

Edward Ormondroyd was a writer, novelist, children's writer and librarian.

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Edward Ormondroyd was American.

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· Wikipedia: Edward Ormondroyd

· Wikidata: Q5344693

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