Margaretta Brucker

Margaretta Lena Brucker
Born1883
Died1958

Margaretta Lena Brucker (1883–1958)[1][2] was an American fiction author active from approximately 1937 until 1958.[3][4][5]

Brucker wrote juvenile fiction,[6] mysteries,[3] and serial stories for newspapers.[7] She also published a number of romance novels using the pseudonym Margaret Howe.[8] Her first book was published in 1936 and 25 books were published in total.[9]

Her nephew, Roger Brucker, credits her with inspiring him to become a writer.[10]

Miss Brucker was born in Saginaw, Michigan and spent her early life in Shelby, Ohio. She graduated from Lake Erie College at Painesville. She taught home economics in private schools in Alabama and Mississippi before turning to writing in 1936. She also owned the Cotton Bale Tea Room in Harbor Springs, Michigan which she operated for almost 40 years beginning in 1920.[11]

  1. ^ Michigan in the Novel, 1816-1996: An Annotated Bibliography. Wayne State University Press. 1998. ISBN 0814327125. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Brucker, Margaretta Lena". North Carolina Literary Map. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Isaac (1938). The New York Times Book Review. Vol. 2. Arno Press. p. 18. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  4. ^ Brucker, Margaretta (1958). New Boy in Town. Farrar. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. ^ Brucker, Margaretta (1937). Death in the Dormitory. Phoenix Press Publisher.
  6. ^ Books on Trial. Vol. 13–14. Chicago: Thomas More Association. 1954. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  7. ^ Brucker, Margaretta (14 May 1948). "Serial Story: Nobody Loves Forever". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  8. ^ Leypoldt, F. (1958). The Publishers Weekly. Vol. 173. p. 122. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  9. ^ Columbus Sunday Dispatch Jan. 12, 1958
  10. ^ Fred Anderson. "Roger Brucker Beneath the Surface". Roger Brucker. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  11. ^ Akron Beacon Journal Nov. 13, 1958