Louise Fitzhugh
Louise Fitzhugh was born on October 5, 1928. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Louise Fitzhugh
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, about an adolescent girl who to keeps a journal recording the foibles of her friends, classmates, and captivating strangers. The novel was later adapted into a live action film in 1996. 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 Broadway musical. Fitzhugh died at age 46 from a brain aneurysm on November 19, 1974.