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==Life and Works==

==Life and Works==

O'Dell was born '''Odell Gabriel Scott''' on May 23, 1898, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1603000880&userGroupName=mlin_s_duxburyms&zid=d02d09e85db1e9e90733c479b24a7c1a</ref>  He grew up in a wild California in a house on stilts that was over water during high tide.<ref>http://www.librarypoint.org/Scott_Odell</ref>  He attended Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, and the University of Rome.<ref>http://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Scott-ODell/312780</ref>  He was a soldier in [[World War One]] and [[World War Two]] and a Hollywood cameraman (he worked on the set of ''[[Ben Hur]]'') before he began writing historical literature.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/more-about-scott</ref>  In 1960, he wrote the first of several children's pieces of historical fiction, "Island of the Blue Dolphins", which won the 1961 Newberry Award.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/scott-odell</ref>  While ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' is based on the true story of a California girl, much of the details come from O'Dell's memories of voyaging in handmade canoes as a child.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/my-life-%26-books</ref>

O'Dell was born '''Odell Gabriel Scott''' on May 23, 1898, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1603000880&userGroupName=mlin_s_duxburyms&zid=d02d09e85db1e9e90733c479b24a7c1a</ref>  He grew up in a wild California in a house on stilts that was over water during high tide.<ref>http://www.librarypoint.org/Scott_Odell</ref>  He attended Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, and the University of Rome.<ref>http://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Scott-ODell/312780</ref>  He was a soldier in [[World War One]] and [[World War Two]] and a Hollywood cameraman (he worked on the set of ''[[Ben-Hur (film, 1959)|Ben Hur]]'') before he began writing historical literature.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/more-about-scott</ref>  In 1960, he wrote the first of several children's pieces of historical fiction, "Island of the Blue Dolphins", which won the 1961 Newberry Award.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/scott-odell</ref>  While ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' is based on the true story of a California girl, much of the details come from O'Dell's memories of voyaging in handmade canoes as a child.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/my-life-%26-books</ref>

He died October 15, 1989, and is still survived by his widow, Elizabeth Hall.<ref>elizabethhall.net</ref>

He died October 15, 1989, and is still survived by his widow, Elizabeth Hall.<ref>elizabethhall.net</ref>