Word: shefelman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shefelman almost decided to go to MIT, but the 1951 graduate now credits Harvard's master's program in architecture as having been extremely important to his career...
...Shefelman has chosen to apply those skills to an unusual occupation: Shefelman and his wife Janet work together to write and illustrate children's' books. The first effort on which they collaborated was Victoria House, a story about a young family that moved from a decaying Victorian mansion into an urban setting...
...Shefelman says that the project was accepted by Harcourt-Brace because the editor thought that it would be popular with "young urban pioneer families." The prediction came true; the success of Victoria House encouraged the Shefelmans to write their newest book, A Peddler's Dream. The story is about Soloman Azar, a man who immigrates to the United States from Lebanon in hopes of finding his fortune. After many setbacks, Solomon and his wife Marie establish a fashionable department store in Texas (where the Shefelmans live...