Hodges, Margaret

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Name
Hodges, Margaret Gender: F
Sarah Margaret Moore
born on 26 July 1911 at 08:10 (= 08:10 AM )
Place Indianapolis, Indiana, 39n46, 86w09
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 02°27' s_mo.18.gif s_leocol.18.gif 12°52 Asc.s_vircol.18.gif 13°37'



Biography

American writer of children's books, librarian, and storyteller on radio shows. Beginning in 1958 with One Little Drum, she wrote more than 40 published books, including Saint George and the Dragon (1984), The Kitchen Knight: A Tale from King Arthur (1990) and Comus (1996).

Hodges died of heart disease on 13 December 2005 at her home in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. She suffered from Parkinson's disease. She wrote her stories on a notepad or a typewriter. "I need good ideas, and they don't come out of machines," she once said.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate.

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Parkinson's
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 94)
  • Vocation : Education : Librarian
  • Vocation : Education : Teacher (Professor of library science)
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over (Storyteller)
  • Vocation : Writers : Children's literature
  • Vocation : Writers : Fiction