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Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert

Julia Scheeres is the author of the New York Times–bestselling memoir Jesus Land and the award-winning A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown. She lives in Northern California. Allison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and author of numerous books including Passed and Present and Parentless Parents. She lives outside New York City.


On the Meteoric Rise of “Aunt Elsie,” Beloved Newswoman and Children’s Columnist

“I don’t believe in hammering in morals. I just believe in telling children’s stories which will make them happy.”
September 29, 2022  By Julia Scheeres and Allison Gilbert
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