She attended Bard College, studied art in Italy and France, and continued her studies in New York at the Art Students League and at Cooper Union.

JONATHAN FRANZEN, author of Freedom and The Corrections Harriet the Spy bursts with life.-School Library Journal The characterizations are marvelously shrewd.-The Bulletin About The Author Louise Fitzhugh (1928-1974) was born in Memphis, Tennessee. I love the story of Harriet so much I feel as if I lived it. It meant I wasnt the only one who wanted to tell stories about kids who were real.-JUDY BLUME I dont know of a better novel.that made more readers of my generation want to be fiction writers. Will Harriet find a way to put her life and her friendships back together? What the novel showed me as a child is that words have the power to hurt, but they can also heal, and that its much better in the long run to use this power for good than for evil.-New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot Review Quotes A New York Public Librarys 100 Great Childrens Books 100 Years selection Finding Harriet as a young writer in the mid 1960s was inspiring. Before she can stop them, her friends have read the always truthful, sometimes awful things shes written about each of them. Then Harriet loses track of her notebook, and it ends up in the wrong hands. In her notebook, she writes down everything she knows about everyone, even her classmates and her best friends. But what is she to do after her treasured notebook falls into the wrong hands? Book Synopsis Its no secret that Harriet the Spy is a timeless classic that kids will love! Every day can be an adventure if you just look carefully enough! Harriet M. About the Book Harriet, would-be writer and avid observer of life, records everything she sees and hears.

The Long Secret by Louise Fitzhugh