CUTLER, Ebbitt 1923-

(May Ebbitt Cutler)

PERSONAL: Born September 4, 1923, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; daughter of William Henry (a police officer) and Francis (Farrelly) Ebbitt; married Philip Cutler (an attorney), January 17, 1952; children: Keir, Michael, Adam, Roger. Education: McGill University, B.A. (with first class honors), 1945, M.A., 1952; Columbia University, M.S., 1946. Politics: "Liberal; mildly socialist, mostly feminist." Religion: "Atheist." Hobbies and other interests: Theater, opera, music.

ADDRESSES: Home—414 Mount Stephen, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec, H3Y 2X6 Canada.

CAREER: Canadian Press, writer and editor in Montreal, Quebec, and New York, NY, 1945–46; United Nations, worked for Information Department, 1946–47; Montreal Herald, Montreal, reporter, 1947–48; Standard, Montreal, reporter, 1947–51; Tundra Books of Montreal, Montreal, founder, president, and editor in chief, 1967–97. Tundra Books of New York, Plattsburgh, president, beginning 1971. McGill University, lecturer, 1948–51, creator of extension program in journalism, 1951–54; public relations consultant. Mayor of Westmount, Quebec, Canada, 1987–91.

AWARDS, HONORS: Canadian Press Award, 1945, for best feature story; first prize, Canadian Centennial literary competitions, 1967, for The Last Noble Savage; Eve Orpen Award for Public Excellence, 1987; Claude Aubrey Award, Canadian section, International Board on Books for Young People, 1988, for distinguished contributions to children's literature; Boston Globe Literary Press Award, 1988.

WRITINGS:

The Last Noble Savage, Tundra Books of Montreal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), 1967, published as I Once Knew An Indian Woman, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1973.

If I Were a Cat I Would Sit in a Tree (juvenile poetry), illustrated by Rist Arnold, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY), 1985.

The Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed (play), 1996.

Aah-pootee! That's Snow! (play), 1997.

The Traitor's Wife (play), 2000.

Breaking Free: The Story of William Kurelek (juvenile), Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY), 2002.

Contributor to Canadian Art.

TRANSLATOR

Peter Nicki, Crocodile, Crocodile, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1976.

Christian Morgenstern, Three Nursery Poems, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1977.

Domitille De Pressense, Emily, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1977.

Domitille De Pressense, Emily and Arthur, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1977.

Ryokichi Ozawa, Jingo, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1977.

Ryokichi Ozawa, Toko, Tundra Books of New York (Plattsburgh, NY) 1977.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Learning: Creative Ideas and Insights for Teachers, September, 1987, review of If I Were a Cat I Would Sit in a Tree, p. 120.

Parents' Magazine, November, 1986, review of If I Were a Cat I Would Sit in a Tree, p. 69.

Quill and Quire, December, 1985, review of If I Were a Cat I Would Sit in a Tree, p. 24; December, 2002, Sarah Ellis, review of Breaking Free: The Story of William Kurelek, p. 27.

Resource Links, February, 2003, Gillian Richardson, review of Breaking Free, p. 25.