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Evelyn Sibley Lampman (April 18, 1907 – 1980) was a noted Oregon teacher and journalist who is best known as an American children's author. She wrote fifty historical and science fiction novels for children, focusing mostly on the history of pioneers and the West, particularly that of the Pacific Northwest and Oregon, where she was born and raised. She won the 1972 Western Writers of America Spur Award for Juvenile Fiction for her book Cayuse Courage. The Oregon Library Association instituted the Evelyn Sibley Lampman Award in the author’s memory in 1982, a yearly award honoring a living Oregon author “who has made a significant contribution in the areas of literature and/or library service for the benefit of the children of Oregon.” Lampman’s is chiefly notable for producing “a body of responsible fiction about the Indians of Oregon that is unparalleled in its historical span, from the white conquest to the Indian resurgence, and in its close, detailed regional focus.”

Raised near the small town of Dallas, Oregon, Lampman was descended from pioneers and grew up surrounded by stories of the region’s early history, which she would make great use of in her work. In 1929, she was graduated from Oregon State University (then Oregon Agricultural College), whereupon she relocated to Portland, Oregon. In Portland, Lampman embarked upon an accomplished career in copywriting for KEX Radio, eventually writing and producing an entertaining children’s education show. In 1934, she married Herbert Sheldon Lampman, Fish & Wildlife editor for The Oregonian; his father Ben Hur Lampman, with whom Lampman had a strained relationship, also worked for The Oregonian, and was Oregon’s first Poet Laureate. Upon her marriage, Lampman quit working and would not resume writing until the 1942 death of her husband required her to rejoin the workforce in order to support her two daughters, at the time aged six and three. She returned to writing for radio, and in 1947 published her debut novel, Crazy Creek. After publication of her second novel Treasure Mountain in 1949, Lampman left her job and began writing full-time.