Frazier, Neta
April 18, 1890 – June 2, 1990
Place of Birth: Owosso, MI
Place of Principle Residence: Spokane, Washington
Biography:
Neta Lohnes Frazier was born to Jennie and Emory in Owosso, MI in 1890. She moved with her family to Spokane in 1905 and attended Whitman College, receiving her B.A as a Phi Beta Kappa member. She taught at Waitsburg High School where she met and married another teacher, Earl Frazier. The two moved to Spokane in 1920. Frazier published fourteen books between 1947 and 1973, four of which received Junior Literary Guild Awards. Most of her work was based on Pacific Northwest History. In 1978 Women in Communications gave Frazier their first “Award of Excellence” for her fifty years as an author. She died in 1990, and was survived by her three children Lesley, Philip, and Richard, and her five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Selected Works:
- By-Line Dennie (1947)
- My Love Is a Gypsy (1952)
- Secret Friend (1956)
- One Long Picnic (1962)
- Sacajawea, the Girl Nobody Knows (1967)
Awards:
- Foremost Women in Communications
- Junior Literary Guild Selections
- 1960 One of the outstanding Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae
- 1968 Fort Wright College Award
- 1968 Governor’s Award
- 1978 Women in Communications Award for Excellence
- Spokane Pen Women
Critical Reception:
Frazier’s writing has enjoyed many awards, including four Junior Literary Guild awards for four of her fourteen books.