![]() Because of this, she wrote from a liminal position between Mormon and mainstream western American life. Her parents were descended from Mormon pioneers her mother identified as a Christian Scientist, while Sorensen described her father as a Jack Mormon. Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, but grew up in Manti and American Fork, Utah. ![]() Virginia Sorensen was born on February 17, 1912, to Helen ElDiva Blackett and Claud E. She was awarded the 1957 Newbery Medal for her children's novel, Miracles on Maple Hill. Her role in Utah and Mormon literature places her within the "lost generation" of Mormon writers. ![]() ![]() Virginia Louise Sorensen (née Eggertsen Febru– December 24, 1991), also credited as Virginia Sorenson, was an American regionalist writer. ![]()
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