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Barbara Newhall Follett (March 4, 1914 – disappeared December 7, 1939) was an American child prodigy novelist. Her first novel, The House Without Windows, was published in January 1927, when she was twelve years old. Her next novel, The Voyage of the Norman D., received critical acclaim when she was fourteen.
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Podcast episodes
- The Girl Genius Who Vanished (The Story of Barbara Newhall Follett)American Hauntings Podcast · 2023
- Barbara Newhall FollettStrange Country · 2018
- Barbara Newhall Follett - The Disappearing ProdigyGONE · 2019
- Barbara Newhall FollettBluestocking · 2018
- Barbara Newhall Follett: The Child Genius Who VanishedEchoes of the Unknown · 2026
In the Internet Archive
- The House Without WindowsText · 1927
- Children's literature. annual of the Modern Language Association Division on Children's literature and the Children's Literature AssociationText · 1995
- Interview with "Stefan Cooke author of "Barbara Newhall Follett: A Life in Letters"Audio · 2015
- Laura Smith: Live at Politics and ProseAudio · 2018
- The House Without WindowsText · 1927
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