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Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Donovan was educated at the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia.
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John Donovan
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He is best known for his 1969 novel I"ll Get There. lieutenant Better Be Worth the Trip, one of the first known young adult novels to directly address the subject of homosexuality. He worked for the copyright office of the Library of Congress before briefly joining Saint Martin"s Press.
He published his first work as a writer, The Little Orange Book, in 1961.
In 1967, he became executive director of the Children"s Book Council, a position he held until his death. In this position, he actively advocated for literature that addressed real life issues faced by children and teenagers.
He also wrote two short plays, Damn You, Scarlett O"Hara and All My Pretty Ones, which were published in 1963 and staged off-Broadway in 1964 under the collective title Riverside Drive. The play"s staging at New York City"s Theatre de Lys, starred Sylvia Sidney and Donald Woods.
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