Her books, The Tempering (1983) and Good-bye, Billy Radish (1992), draw on her steel town past and the historical significance of the steel industry in Western Pennsylvania. As her children got older, Skurzynski turned her focus on writing children's novels and her first one, What Happened in Hamelin?, was published in 1979. As their friendship grew, McGinley encouraged Skurzynski to try her hand at writing professionally and the author's first publication was published in Teen Magazine after 58 rejections from various other publications. While raising a family, Skurzynski began a correspondence with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Phyllis McGinley in 1965. The couple would go on to have five children: Serena, Rose, Janine, Joan, and Alane and eventually make a move to Salt Lake City, Utah. Steel, Gloria married her husband Edward Joseph Skurzynski, an aerospace engineer, in 1951. Steel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1950 to 1952. Finding the educational atmosphere not to her liking, she left school and worked as a statistical clerk at U.S. In 1948, Gloria attended Carlow University, then called Mount Mercy College. Living during the Great Depression, her father, Aylmer Kearney Flister, provided the family with steady income by working at a steel mill while her mother, Serena (Decker) Flister, was employed as a telegraph operator. Gloria Joan Skurzynski (née Gloria Joan Flister) was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, in 1930. The collection also contains photographic images included in Good-bye, Billy Radish, 35mm slides, and other varied images that may have been used for research. Various manuscripts, a master set first printing, and interview transcripts are also included among Skurzynski's papers. These papers include: research and literature on steel production, local news and research from Duquesne, Pa., and lines of text included in the book. The Gloria Skurzynski Papers document the research, writing, and publication of her children's book Good-bye, Billy Radish. The folders are arranged alphabetically according to title or based on subject matter of the photographs, illustrations, or postcards.

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The Gloria Skurzynski Papers specifically chronicle her research, interviews, and study of local history in preparation for her book, Good-bye, Billy Radish, published in 1992. An author of fiction and non-fiction, Skurzynski has used her steel town background and interests in history, technology, folk tales, and science to entertain young readers since she began writing professionally in 1979. Collection SC.2013.02 Extent 0.5 Linear Feet Date 1986-1994 Abstract Gloria Skurzynski (1930-) is an accomplished children's book author with over 60 books to her name.

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