Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, 1927 – October 7, 2014) was an American author of books for children and young adults.
Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm.
Snyder earned a BA from Whittier College in 1948, and also attended the University of California at Berkeley from 1958 to 1960.
[1] Her obituary in The Washington Post notes, "Mrs. Snyder displayed almost uncanny insight into the intellectual, emotional and imaginative lives of boys and girls, a perspective gained in part through her years as a schoolteacher", noting that while she accompanied her husband "on his careers in the military and in music, she taught at schools in New York, Washington State, Alaska and California.
Her New York Times obituary noted, “She mixed realism and the supernatural, and her stories often had endings that could be interpreted from either viewpoint.