Blossom Elfman

Clare "Blossom" Elfman ( Bernstein; November 4, 1925 – April 10, 2017 ) was an American novelist.

Biography
Clare (nickname, "Blossom") Bernstein was born November 4, 1925. Writing as Clare Elfman, she was senior literary editor of Buzzine (owned and operated by her son, Richard Elfman). She also wrote theater and book reviews and did interviews.

Her husband was Milton Elfman (1915–2001); they were married for 53 years until his death in 2001. She had two children: writer, director and publisher Richard Elfman, and musician, composer, actor, and voice actor Danny Elfman. Their family is Jewish.

The Elfman novel The Girls of Huntington House was adapted as a film and the adaptation of her later book I Think I'm Having a Baby received an Emmy as a television movie.

Film

 * The Girls of Huntington House (1973)
 * CBS Afternoon Playhouse: I Think I'm Having a Baby (1981)

Awards

 * The Girls of Huntington House, winner, the "ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award", 1972
 * A House for Jonnie O., winner, the ALA Best Book for Young Adults Award, 1977
 * CBS Afternoon Playhouse: I think I'm Having a Baby, winner, a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming"