Org - Resources for Students, Teachers, Researchers and Writers. Andre Norton wrote her first novel Ralestone Luck while she was in high school. It was later published as her second book. Her first published book was The Prince Commands in 1934. She was born February 17, 1912.
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Ms. Norton is still writing. She is also active in setting up the High Hallack writers colony in Tennessee. When publishers thought only boys would read the type of books she wanted to write and they wouldn't read anything by a woman she legally changed her name to Andre Alice Norton. Some fans have favorite series. Others, and I am one of them, will grab anything with her name on it regardless of genre or target age group.