- Author and Poet.
- Studied at Radcliffe College.
- Was a member of the '47 Workshop' taught by Harvard Prof. George Pierce Baker.
- Was awarded the 1930 John Newberry Medal for the most distinguished contributions to literature for children.
- Her uncle, Cyrus West Field, laid the first transatlantic cable in 1848.
- Was a descendant of New England clergyman and writer David Dudley Field.
- "Time Out of Mind" won the inaugural National Book Award as the Most Distinguished Novel of 1935, as voted by the American Booksellers Association.
- Had one adoptive daughter, Hannah (1939-1965).
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