Person:Carolyn Blocker (1)

Carolyn (Cal) Blocker (Lane) -- Like her older sister Peggy, Cal went to the Connecticut College for Women. While there, she met M Donald Lane at Yale, then married him. He was an architect, and designed some of the buildings in Poughkeepsie, New York. They had one son Jay Lane, and lived in Chatham, NJ and Poughkeepsie NY. Jay now lives near Boston. Cal was the author of plays and children’s books.

From a website: Artist and writer, set designer and book reviewer, director and editor, multi-talented Carolyn Lane wrote prize winning plays including Turnabout Night At The Zoo and The Wayward Clocks (both for children's theatre,) and The Last Grad (an adult one-act). Charming children's books by Carolyn Lane include Uncle Max And The Sea Lion (Bobbs-Merrill), Turnabout Night At The Zoo (based on the play published by Pioneer Drama Service, Abingdon Press), The Voices Of Greenwillow Pond (Houghton-Mifflin), and The Winnemah Spirit (Houghton-Mifflin and a Weekly Reader Book Club selection.) Lane's biographical listings including Who's Who Of American Women; Who's Who In The East; and Contemporary Authors. Carolyn Lane was a member of the Authors Guild. Among her most popular Pioneer Drama Service plays is The Ransom Of Emily Jane. Carolyn Lane's most recent play, published shortly before her death, is You Can't Be Too Careful which is especially suitable for community theatres with actors of various ages and for seniorcitizens.

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