Marilyn Sachs

Sachs was born in New York City^[1] and grew up in the Bronx. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hunter College and a master's in library science from Columbia University.^[2] Sachs worked as a children's librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library while working toward her graduate degree.^[3][4]

Sachs began focusing on her writing during a leave of absence from her library job in 1954.^[4] Unable to sell her first novel, Amy Moves In, she set it aside and moved with her husband and children to San Francisco, California in 1961, taking a job at the Main Library.^[4][3][2]

Sachs found a publisher for her book in 1964.^[4] By 1968, she had made enough money from her first four published novels to quit her librarian job and become a full-time writer.^[2][4] Sachs wrote 40 books in total, between 1964 and 2006.^[2]

While living in New York, Sachs was active in the political organization American Youth for Democracy, which is where she met her future husband, sculptor Morris Sachs.^[4] Sachs continued her activism later in life, fighting for public school integration and demonstrating against the Vietnam War.^[2] In 1991, she co-edited The Big Book for Peace; the proceeds were donated to peace organizations.^[2][4]

Sachs died in San Francisco^[1] on December 28, 2016, at the age of 89.^[2][4]

• Amy Moves In. Doubleday. 1964. ISBN 9780590323017. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• Laura's Luck. Doubleday. 1965. ISBN 9780385056878.
• Amy and Laura. Doubleday. 1966. ISBN 9780590322997.
• Veronica Ganz. Dell. 1968. ISBN 9780440792055.
• The Bears' House. Doubleday. 1971. ISBN 9780385033633.
• A Pocket Full of Seeds. Doubleday. 1973. ISBN 9780385060912.
• Matt's Mitt. Doubleday. 1975. ISBN 0385002661.
• Fleet-Footed Florence (sequel to Matt's Mitt). Doubleday. 1981. ISBN 0385127456.
• The Fat Girl. E.P. Dutton. 1984. ISBN 9780525440765.
• Lost in America. Macmillan. 2005. ISBN 9781596430402.
• First Impressions. Macmillan. 2006. ISBN 9781596431171.