Emily Crofford


Emily Crofford is an author of books for children.

Career

Crofford was born in 1927 in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Her children's book Born in the Year of Courage was released in September 1991 through Lerner Publishing Group. It is the true story of Nakahama Manjirō, a Japanese fisherman who was rescued by an American ship in the mid-1800s. Reception for the book was mostly positive, with the School Library Journal praising the book.