Marguerite Henry
April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Place of Death:
Rancho Santa Fe, California
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.