Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 22, 1881(63)
Day of Death
September 4, 1944
Place of Birth
London, England, United Kingdom
Also Known As
Margery Williams Bianco
Margery Williams
Writing
Biography
Margery Williams Bianco (22 July 1881 in London, England – 4 September 1944 in New York City, United States) was an English-American author, primarily of popular children's books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the publication of the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit (1922). She received the Newbery Honor for the children's novel Winterbound (1936).