Mildred Ames (November 2, 1919 – July 20, 1994) was a US writer of children's literature, for older children, and some science fiction.^[1] Her science fiction works often concern issues of paranoia or questions of identity. One of her most famous teen novels in this genre, Anna to the Infinite Power (1981), was turned into a motion picture with the same name in 1982.^[2]

Life

Ames was born in Bridgeport, CT, the daughter of Edward and Amelia (Miller) Walsh. She wrote her first story at the age of 9, described as a "tearful melodrama". Prior to writing professionally, Ames worked as a milliner, a sales person, and a telephone operator. She published her first novel, Shadows of Summers Past, in 1973.^[3]

Selected works

• Grandpa Jake and the Grand Christmas — 1990
• Who Will Speak for the Lamb? — 1989
• Conjuring Summer In — 1986
• Cassandra-Jamie — 1985
• The Silver Link, the Silken Tie — 1984
• Philo Potts, or, The Helping Hand Strikes Again — 1982
• Anna to the Infinite Power — 1981
• The Dancing Madness — 1980
• Nicky and the Joyous Noise — 1980
• The Wonderful Box — 1978
• What are Friends For? — 1978
• Without Hats, Who Can Tell the Good Guys? — 1976
• Is There Life on a Plastic Planet? — 1975
• Shadows of Summers Past - 1973

Adaptations

Anna to the Infinite Power was adapted as a film of the same name in 1982.^[4]

References

External links

• Mildred Ames at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Mildred Ames at Library of Congress, with 13 library catalog records
• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction page 28.
• Mildred Ames Papers, Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi (de Grummond Children's Literature Collection)