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Margaret Landon was....
Margaret Landon (September 7, – December 4, ) was an American writer known for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling novel of the life.
Margaret Landon
American writer known for 'Anna and the King of Siam' (–)
Margaret Landon | |
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Born | Margaret Dorothea Mortenson ()September 7, Somers, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | December 4, () (aged90) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
Education | Wheaton College, Education (B.A., ) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Presbyterian missionary |
Spouse | Kenneth Landon |
Children | 4 |
Margaret Landon (September 7, – December 4, ) was an American writer known for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty languages.
In , Landon sold the musical play rights to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who created the musical The King and I from her book. A later work, Never Dies the Dream, appeared in
Life
Born Margaret Dorothea Mortenson to Annenus Duabus "A.D." and Adelle Johanna Mortenson (née Estburg) in Somers, Wisconsin, she was one of th