Lucile Saunders McDonald

Lucile Saunders McDonald (September 1, 1898 – June 23, 1992) was an American journalist, historian, and author of children's books from the Pacific Northwest. The Seattle Times described her as "... the first woman news reporter in all of South America; first woman copy editor in the Pacific Northwest; first woman telegraph editor, courthouse reporter and general news reporter in Oregon; first woman overseas correspondent for a U.S. trade newspaper; first woman on a New York City rewrite desk; second woman journalist in Alaska; and second woman to be a correspondent abroad for the Associated Press". With Zola Helen Ross, McDonald co-founded the Pacific Northwest Writers Association.

Early life and education Lucile Saunders was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1898, to baker Frank Saunders and schoolteacher Rose Saunders. She had a sister named Iris McRae. She was active in several local historical societies, including the Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society.

Personal life She married Harold D. McDonald in 1922. They had a son and a daughter. They moved to Seattle in 1940; they also resided in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington.

Awards and honors McDonald was a 1959 Headliner Awards recipient from the Association for Women in Communications.

Partial works

Children's books Dick and the Spice Cupboard Jewels and Gems The Giant with Four Arms

Co-authored with Ross (1950) The mystery of Castesby Island (1952) Stormy year (1954) Fridays̓ child (1956) Mystery of the long house (1956) Pigtail pioneer (1957) Wing Harbor (1958) The courting of Ann Maria (1959) Assignment in Ankara (1961) Winter's answer (1959) The stolen letters (1968) The sunken forest

Non-fiction (1953) Washington's Yesterdays (1958) Search for the Northwest Passage, Library of Congress CC# 58-11860, Ill. (1972) Swan Among the Indians, Life of James G. Swan, 1818-1900, Portland, Oregon, Binfords & Mort.