What is Jean Fritz?
'''Jean Guttery Fritz''' (16 November 1915 &ndash; 14 May 2017) was an American children's writer and historian.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/jfritz.html |title=Jean Fritz |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=Rebecca Otis |accessdate=30 November 2014}}</ref> Her [[parent]]s were [[Arthur Minton]] and [[Myrtle Guttery]]. They were [[missionaries]]. Missionaries are people who set out on a [[mission]] to [[teach]] others about their [[religion]]. ==Early life== Fritz lived in China until she was 13 years old. She learned to speak [[Chinese language|Chinese]] before she learned [[English language|English]].<ref name=McElmeel114>Sharron L. McElmeel, ''Educator's Companion to Children's Literature'', Vol. 2 (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Teacher Ideas Press, 1996), p. 114</ref> In 1928 the family returned to the [[United States]].<ref name=McElmeel114/> As a child of missionaries she used her [[writing]] as a “private place.” She wrote her thoughts, feelings, and [[emotion]]s. She also wrote down anything she thought about. Fritz wrote it all down. She wrote about many different things. Sometimes she copied some [[section]]s of [[poem]]s and [[book]]s that Fritz had read. She liked to read different [[poet]]s and [[author]]s. ==Early career== Later in life these things she had written about turned into the books that she later wrote. On 1 November 1942 Fritz married [[Michael Fritz]] The couple later had two children. They were named David and Andrea. ==Career== Fritz has a record for writing [[information]] [[flood]]ed, true books about real things that happened in [[history]]. She had been amazed about what had happened during the time of the American Revolution. She learned a great deal of information on the [[topic]]. It was really interesting to her. She wrote a handful of [[children's books]] about [[key figure]]s and events that happened during that time. Most books she wrote are [[non-fiction]]al children's’ books. Fritz has written som