OBIT: Bel Kaufman (1911-2014)

Bel Kaufman, author of the bestselling novel Up the Down Staircase (1965), based on her own experiences as a teacher at an urban high school, has died at age 103.  The Washington Post obituary:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/bel-kaufman-dies-at-103-author-of-bestseller-up-the-down-staircase/2014/07/26/dbdae548-14d5-11e4-9285-4243a40ddc97_story.html