SANGUINETTI, EDEL ELISE AYERS, 1926-2014

Biography:

Journalist; writer. Born– Jan. 26, 1926, in Anniston, Ala. Parents– Harry Mell and Edel (Ytterboe) Ayers. Married– Philip A. Sanguinetti, 1950. Education– University of Alabama, A.B. 1947; attended St. Olaf College and University of Oslo. Reporter and feature writer for family-owned Anniston Star, 1948-1955; published stories and articles in journals and periodicals.  Inducted into the Alabama Academy of Distinguished Authors, 1982; received the Distinguished Alumna Award at St. Olaf College, 1993. Died November 16, 2014.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; obituary

Publication(s):

The Dowager. New York; Scribner, 1968.

The Last of the Whitfields. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1962.

McBee’s Station. New York; Holt, 1971.

The New Girl. New York; McGraw-Hill, 1964.