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The materials are from Jessica Martinez's first two novels: Virtuosity and The Space Between Us. The books are adolescent literature novels. There is a manuscript of Virtuosity with handwritten notes from Martinez's editor. Dated 2010-2012.

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Includes correspondence, newsclippings, newsletters, and related ephemera collected and created by the Opies. Materials dated 1988 to 1992.

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Contains drafts of three different novels by Wiles that are the first three novels in the Kevin Kirk Chronicles; My Mom's a Mortician, Funeral Home Evenings, and Early-Morning Cemetery. The Buzzard Bait Motel drafts of folders 1-4 become the book draft that is in folder 5; My Mom's a Mortician. Materials dated 2002-2005.

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Contains notes in preparation for and in the process of writing novels, correspondence concerning drafts and publishing of novels and articles, magazines featuring novels, and personal correspondence. Dated approximately 1998-2008.

Scope and Contents A typescript screenplay of "The Wonderful Adventures of Hlapich," a screenplay by Slavko Adres based on the 1969 children's novel, "The Brave Adventures of Lapitch" by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić. Other contributors to the screenplay include Patrick Gowers (music composer), William Sansom (lyrics), Claude Heilman (executive producer), and Miriam Brickman (producer). The screenplay is annotated. There are also two letters included addressed to William Sansom, one from Miriam Brickman regarding the...

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Four 4 x 6 inch color photographs of children's Lloyd Alexander, taken in his home office in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania in 1998. The photographs were taken by Brad Westwood, Special Collections employee at Brigham Young University, while he was visiting Lloyd Alexander and seeking donation of Alexander's papers to the University.

Content Description

Contains drafts of three novels by Patricia Wiles, the creator of the collection, as well as correspondence about novels, notes in the writing process, and magazines and other paraphernalia featuring her works. Dated approximately 1998-2008.