Marni Hodgkin

Marni Hodgkin
Born
Marion Rous

28 November 1917
New York City, US
Died11 March 2015(2015-03-11) (aged 97)
Cambridge, England
Alma materSwarthmore College
OccupationChildren's book editor
Years active1950–1978
EmployerMacmillan Publishers
SpouseAlan Lloyd Hodgkin
Children4
Parent(s)Francis Peyton Rous
Marion de Kay

Marion "Marni" Hodgkin, Lady Hodgkin (28 November 1917 – 11 March 2015) was an American children's book editor. She was regarded as one of the notable and influential children's book editors of the 1960s.[1][2] She was the daughter of Francis Peyton Rous and wife of Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, both Nobel Prize winners.

  1. ^ Pearson, Dr. Lucy (2013). The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain: Publishing and Criticism in the 1960s and 1970s (Revised ed.). Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 198. ISBN 978-1472406057.
  2. ^ Carpenter, Angelica Shirley, ed. (2006). In the Garden: Essays in Honor of Frances Hodgson Burnett. Scarecrow Press. p. 19. ISBN 0810852888.