Background
Lanes, Selma Gordon was born on March 13, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Lily (Whiteman) Gordon.
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Lanes, Selma Gordon was born on March 13, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Lily (Whiteman) Gordon.
Bachelor of Arts, Smith College, 1950. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia, 1954.
March 1970); children— Andrew Oliver, Matthew Gordon. Assistant to publicity director Little Brown & Company, Boston, 1950-1951. Associate editor Focus Magazine, New York City, 1951-1953.
Travel page editor Boston Globe, 1953.
Special editorial assistant, researcher Look Magazine, 1956-1960. Children"s entertainment editor Show Magazine, 1961-1963.
Critic children"s books for Book World (New York Herald-Tribune, later World Journal Tribune, Washington Post and Chicago Tribune), 1965-1971, New York Times Book Review, since 1966. Articles editor Parents Magazine, 1971-1974;editor-in-chief Parents Magazine Press, 1974-1978.
Editorial director Western Public Company.
Consultant to Penguin Books, 1967, Starstream Books, 1980-1981. Lecturer New School/Parsons School Design, 1975-1977, Delaware Art Museum, 1979, Simmons College, 1988. Director Schiller-Wapner Galleries, 1983-1984.
Freelance writer, 1984.
Judge, Children"s Spring Book Festival, 1970, director, 1972. Judge New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Children"s Books, 1973, 79, 80.
Trustee Fund for Art Investment, New York City.
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Judge Children's Spring Book Festival, 1970. Director, 1972; judge New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Children's Books, 1973, 1979—1980. Trustee Fund for Art Investment, New York City.
Member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jerrold B. Lanes, November 21, 1959 (divorced March 1970). Children: Andrew Oliver, Matthew Gordon.