Myra Cohn Livingston

[3][4] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College, where she had studied under Horace Gregory and Robert Fitzgerald, in 1948.

[9] Livingston wrote in an article that appeared in Language Arts in March 1978: "No one can teach creative writing.... One can only make children aware of their sensitivities, and help children learn of the forms, the basic tools of poetry, into which they can put their own voices.

During these [twenty] years I have touched the lives of thousands of children and I have given praise when it is due, and criticism when it is warranted.

[5] Her students included Kristine O'Connell George, Hope Anita Smith, Sonya Sones, April Halprin Wayland, and Janet S.

[2][16][9] The Children's Literature Council of Southern California's Myra Cohn Livingston Award is named for her.