Bernard Evslin
, 1922 - 1993
North American author, playwright, screenwriter who is best known for adapting Greek mythology. He studied at Rutgers University and won many awards for his works. Evslin published more than seventy books and over thirty of which were for young adults. His book Hercules won the Washington Irving Children's Book Choice Award of the Westchester Library Association (from the NY times obituary). His books were widely read at schools and colleges. His most renowned books was Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths dating 1984, which was translated into numerous languages and sold over ten millions copies worldwide. Bernard was married to the author and teacher Dorothy (the two had four children), who co-written with him (among other books) The Greek Gods and Heroes and Monsters of Greek Myth.
Sources:
Obituary at the nytimes.com (accessed: July 3, 2018).
Profile at the goodreads.com (accessed: July 3, 2018).
Bio prepared by Ayelet Peer, Bar-Ilan University, ayelet.peer@gmail.com and Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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