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About Marguerite Henry

Birth

1902

Death

1997

First book

1947

Years writing

79

Biography

Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several related titles and the 1961 movie Misty.

Marguerite Henry was born in Milwaukee and was the youngest of five children.

Due to rheumatic fever at age six, she spent much of her childhood reading and writing while bedridden.

She published her first story at the early age of eleven.

Her most famous work, Misty of Chincoteague, was published in 1947.

She collaborated closely with illustrator Wesley Dennis, who brought fifteen of her books to life.