Bio:James McNeill
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James McNeill, born 1925
Canada citizen or resident as of 1966, when The Double Knights: More Tales from Round the World won the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award.
Two collections, probably both 1st eds. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
No unique ID at US or Canada national library as of 2017-03-28 (not authorized, differentiated, identified). Germany and Netherlands only.
The Sunken City, one of 15 Hans Christian Andersen Award honor books 1962 (international, biennial)
"James McNeill of Almonte, [Ontario, Canada] ... a native of northern Alberta ... is working on a novel of the Peace River Country [British Columbia, Alberta]. He resigned from the RCAF to devote full time to his writing." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 1962-09-29 p16, column "The Fly Leaf" by W.A. Deacon
The Double Knights, English-language children's book award winner 1965 (Canadian Library Association, annual)
McNeill has nine children. --The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 1965-11-20 pSM20, column "Books & Bookmen" by William French