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Julia Davis Adams

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American social worker

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Social worker Writer Children's writer Novelist

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Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA

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30 January 1993 People who died on this day

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93 years

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Barnard College

Wellesley College

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Julia Davis Adams (July 23, 1900 – January 30, 1993) was an American writer best known for her young adult books, historical and biographical novels and dramas.

Adams was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to lawyer and statesman John W. Davis and Julia Leavell McDonald Davis. She attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Barnard College in 1922. She was also an active social worker and a journalist.

Davis wrote two Murray Hill mystery novels published as by F. Draco:

Devil's Church (Rinehart, 1951), LCCN 51-10854
Cruise with Death (Rinehart, 1952), LCCN 52-7157

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ― Maya Angelou

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https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091530/http://www.connect-clarksburg.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=News&item=Julia-Davis-Adams-is-One-of-Clarksburgs-Most-Published-and-Celebrated-Authors-12086

http://www.connect-clarksburg.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=News&item=Julia-Davis-Adams-is-One-of-Clarksburgs-Most-Published-and-Celebrated-Authors-12086

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/02/02/obituaries/julia-davis-adams-92-west-virginia-writer.html

https://lccn.loc.gov/51010854

https://lccn.loc.gov/52007157

https://lccn.loc.gov/n81053560

https://web.archive.org/web/20190326221039/https://lccn.loc.gov/no96047972

https://d-nb.info/gnd/119203901

http://isni.org/isni/0000000110863887

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81053560

Julia Davis Adams