Katharine Scherman Rosin (October 7, 1915 – December 11, 2009) was an American author of non-fiction. Born in New York

New York

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, she was the daughter of Harry and Bernardine (Kielty) Scherman. She married Axel G. Rosin on April 10, 1943. She had two children, Karen and Susanna. She received a B.A from Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....

 in 1938. Her interests include ornithology

Ornithology

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, mountain climbing, reading and music (she played piano and cello).

After graduating from college, Scherman worked as a secretary for the Sunday Review of Literature in New York City from 1940–41, while also working as an editor for J. B. Lippincott Company

J. B. Lippincott Company

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 during the same period. From 1941 to 1944 she worked at Life

Life (magazine)

Life generally refers to three American magazines:*A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936. Time founder Henry Luce bought the magazine in 1936 solely so that he could acquire the rights to its name....

as a researcher and writer. From 1944 to 1949 she was a writer and editor at Book-of-the-Month Club, during which time she married Axel Rosin who was also working there. She authored ten books, the first in 1954 and the last in 1987.

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• "Books Of The Times", from The New York Times
  The New York Times
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  , July 21, 1981. Review of The Flowering of Ireland.