Louise Fitzhugh
1928 - 1974
General Information
Bio
(1928 – 1974) Writer and illustrator of children’s fiction and young adult fiction. She attended Barnard College and also studied in New York at Art Student’s League and Cooper Union. She won many writing awards including the New York Times Outstanding Books of the Year citation in 1964 and the Sequoyah Award in 1967.
Full Name
Louise Fitzhugh
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Louise Fitzhugh lived most of her adult life in New York City. She also had houses in both Long Island and Bridgewater, Connecticut.
1928
BIRTH
Louise Perkins Fitzhugh was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 5, 1928.
1950
OTHER
Ms. Fitzhugh graduated from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York, in 1950.
1964
LITWORK
Harriet the Spy
Harper and Row
0440416795 / 9780440416791
Novel for children; winner of the Sequoyah Book Award. It is the story of an intelligent and curious preteen girl who lives in Manhattan. She spies on people and writes about them in her secret notebook.
Harper and Row
0440416795 / 9780440416791
Novel for children; winner of the Sequoyah Book Award. It is the story of an intelligent and curious preteen girl who lives in Manhattan. She spies on people and writes about them in her secret notebook.
1965
LITWORK
The Long Secret
Harper and Row
0385327846 / 978-0385327848
Continues the adventures of Harriet the Spy.
Harper and Row
0385327846 / 978-0385327848
Continues the adventures of Harriet the Spy.
1974
LITWORK
Nobody's Family Is Going To Change
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374355398 / 978-0374355395
The story of a black family living in Manhattan. Emma, the oldest child, wants to be a lawyer like her father. Emma wants the support of her father but her father does not believe women should be lawyers. Emma's brother wants to be a dancer like his mother.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374355398 / 978-0374355395
The story of a black family living in Manhattan. Emma, the oldest child, wants to be a lawyer like her father. Emma wants the support of her father but her father does not believe women should be lawyers. Emma's brother wants to be a dancer like his mother.
1974
DEATH
Louise Fitzhugh died November 19, 1974, in New Milford, Connecticut. She died of a brain aneurysm.
1978
LITWORK
I Am Five
Delacorte Press
0440039525 / 978-0440039525
Children's book.
Delacorte Press
0440039525 / 978-0440039525
Children's book.
1979
LITWORK
Sport
Delacorte-1979, Yearling-2002
ISBN-10 0440418186 and ISBN-13 978-0440418184
Sport, the best friend of "Harriet the Spy," is the only child of an absentminded artist in New York City. Sport inherits millions from his grandfather and his mother suddenly wants custody.
Delacorte-1979, Yearling-2002
ISBN-10 0440418186 and ISBN-13 978-0440418184
Sport, the best friend of "Harriet the Spy," is the only child of an absentminded artist in New York City. Sport inherits millions from his grandfather and his mother suddenly wants custody.
1979
LITWORK
Sport
Delacorte Press
0440078865 / 978-0440078869
Published posthumously. Sport, the best friend of "Harriet the Spy," is the only child of an absentminded artist in New York City. Sport inherits millions from his grandfather and his mother suddenly wants custody.
Delacorte Press
0440078865 / 978-0440078869
Published posthumously. Sport, the best friend of "Harriet the Spy," is the only child of an absentminded artist in New York City. Sport inherits millions from his grandfather and his mother suddenly wants custody.
1982
LITWORK
I Am Four
Delacorte Press
044003972X / 978-0440039723
Children's book.
Delacorte Press
044003972X / 978-0440039723
Children's book.
1982
LITWORK
I Am Three
Delacorte Press
0440040353 / 978-0440040354
Children's book.
Delacorte Press
0440040353 / 978-0440040354
Children's book.
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