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.
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13 April 1902 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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26 November 1997 (aged 95) Rancho Santa Fe, California
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Zodiac | Aries |
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