Carol Elizabeth Fenner (1929 2002) was an award-winning author of children's books and juvenile fiction.

Fenner's book Gorilla-Gorilla won a Christopher Award

Christopher Award

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 and The Skates of Little Richard won honors from the Coretta Scott King Award

Coretta Scott King Award

The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the American Library Association...

. In addition, she was twice a runner-up for the Newbery Award: once each for Gorilla-Gorilla and Yolonda's Genius. Just prior to her death, Yolonda's Genius was optioned by a major studio for possible production of a movie for television

Television

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