Marilyn Fain Apseloff (March 18, 1934 - February 22, 2018) was an American author and a professor at Kent State University, known for her study of children's literature.
Her formal introduction to children's literature began when her husband urged her to take a class at Kent State University, where he taught.
Apseloff attended the 1979 First White House Conference on Library and Information Services as the president of the Children's Literature Association and spoke before a Senate committee.
[10][11] The book received positive reviews in both The School Library Journal, and the journal Emergency Librarian,[12] and along with related articles continues to be cited by scholars who are extending knowledge in the field of children's literary criticism and those studying the works of Theodor Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Edward Gorey.
[15][16] Apseloff's third book, Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1991, focused on the American writer and Newbery Medal winner's works for children, including The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Sign of the Beaver.