贝佛莉・克利林，出生于俄勒风州的麦克明维勒小城，直到她上学的年幻才住在芋山的一座

农场中。贝佛莉的母亲是一位图书馆馆员，因此从小她就受熏陶，喜欢看书，并决定写有关

她童年时的趣事。�从加州柏克大学毕业之后，贝佛莉进入华盛顿大学攻读图书管理。她致

力研究有关儿童的图书馆工作，并在华盛顿担任儿童图书馆馆长。�当有的小孩问贝佛莉如

何寻找灵感时，她回答说是由生活经验及周遭的环境中得到的。

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贝佛莉的书为她赢得许多赫赫有名的奖章，譬如《亲爱的汉斯先生》获得1984年纽伯瑞金牌奖，并为她夺得1983年美国文学最杰出贡献奖，“雷梦拉系列则分别赢得1978年及1982年纽伯瑞银牌奖，还有其他奖多得不胜枚举。�

贝佛莉的作品被译成10种以上不同的语言版本。1988年PBS电视台演出的“雷梦拉”，即是依据雷梦系列改编而成，另外一小时的改编剧“The Mouse Motorycle and Ranaway Ralpf”也在ABG电视台中演出。

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Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the good stuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things, too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in the rig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in and I'll give you a lift to school." Leigh Botts has been author Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid at school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writing project. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whose surprising answer changes Leigh's life. Winner of the Newbery Medal

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