Eleanor Estes Birthplace: New Haven, CT USA Author Biography Eleanor Estes was born on May 9, 1906 in New Haven, Connecticut. She was educated at the Pratt Institute Library School and worked as a children's librarian. Best known for her fiction for children, Estes won Newbery Honors for "The Middle Moffat" in 1943, "Rufus M." in 1944 and "The Hundred Dresses" in 1945. She won the Newbery Medal for "Ginger Pye" in 1952. The author died in 1988. Updating Results ...No matching titles were found. Loading...