Marguerite Henry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marguerite Henry

American writer

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1902

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1997

Profession: writer, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Marguerite Henry (née Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) 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 one of her books about horses and she was a runner-up for two others.
One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several sequels and for the 1961 movie Misty.