Louise fitzhugh biography
Louise fitzhugh biography
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Louise Fitzhugh
American novelist
Louise Perkins Fitzhugh (October 5, 1928 – November 19, 1974) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books.
Fitzhugh is best known for her 1964 novel Harriet the Spy, a fiction work about an adolescent girl's predisposition with a journal covering the foibles of her friends, her classmates, and the strangers she is captivated by.
The novel was later adapted into a live action film in 1996.
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The sequel novel, The Long Secret, was published in 1965, and its follow-up book, Sport, was published posthumously in 1979. Fitzhugh also wrote Nobody's Family Is Going to Change, which was later adapted into a short film and a play.
Fitzhugh died at age 46 from a brain aneurysm on November 19, 1974.
Early life and family
Louise Fitzhugh was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 5, 1928 as the only child of Louise and Millsaps Fitzhugh, a lawyer.[1][2] Her father came from a wealthy family in Memphis, and sh