Answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: john francis hayes - death date: november 1980 -lrb- aged 76 -rrb- - genre: children 's literature , historical fiction - birth date: august 5 , 1904 - name: john f. hayes - nationality: canadian - occupation: writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john f. hayes -lrb- author -rrb- .
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john francis hayes -lrb- august 5 , 1904 -- november 1980 -rrb- was a canadian writer .he is known best for ten children 's historical novels .among them , '' a land divided '' and '' rebels ride at night '' won the governor general 's award for juvenile fiction as the year 's best canadian works of 1951 and 1953 .another , '' the dangerous cove '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- , won the canada library association book of the year for children award in 1959 .for his body of work he was named the second recipient of the vicky metcalf award , in 1964 .