Beppie Noyes
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Beatrice "Beppie" Noyes was an American author
and illustrator.
with a degree in theater. After a short lived marriage to William Baldwin, she married war correspondent Newbold Noyes, Jr.
. They settled in Potomac near Washington where she co-founded the Potomac Almanac, while her husband became the editor of the Washington Evening Star.
In 1978, she wrote her first book Mosby, the Kennedy Center Cat about the cat
in the Kennedy Center featuring her own illustrations. Wigglesworth: The Caterpillar Who Wanted to Fly followed in 1985.
The Noyes settled in the Frenchman Bay
area of Maine
where Noyes wrote extensively for the Frenchman's Bay Conservancy. These works were published as Beppie's Musings featuring many of her drawings. She died in Sorrento, Maine
, on July 3, 2007, aged 87.
Author
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and illustrator.
Biography
Born as Beatrice Spencer, she graduated from Vassar CollegeVassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
with a degree in theater. After a short lived marriage to William Baldwin, she married war correspondent Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Newbold Noyes, Jr.
Newbold Noyes, Jr. was an American publisher, journalist and newspaper editor.-Biography:Noyes went from war correspondent in the 1940s to editor in the 1960s. After graduating from Yale University in 1941, Mr. Noyes joined The Washington Evening Star as a reporter, then served as an ambulance...
. They settled in Potomac near Washington where she co-founded the Potomac Almanac, while her husband became the editor of the Washington Evening Star.
In 1978, she wrote her first book Mosby, the Kennedy Center Cat about the cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
in the Kennedy Center featuring her own illustrations. Wigglesworth: The Caterpillar Who Wanted to Fly followed in 1985.
The Noyes settled in the Frenchman Bay
Frenchman Bay
Frenchman Bay is a bay in Hancock County, Maine, named for Samuel de Champlain, the French explorer who visited the area in 1604....
area of Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
where Noyes wrote extensively for the Frenchman's Bay Conservancy. These works were published as Beppie's Musings featuring many of her drawings. She died in Sorrento, Maine
Sorrento, Maine
Sorrento is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
, on July 3, 2007, aged 87.