“Harriet the Spy” author shared an incendiary nature with her mischievous main character in an unusual life that ended at just 46

Louise Fitzhugh was notoriously private, but those who cared for her have shared some of the writer’s standout qualities ...
Bay Area Reporter

Louise Fitzhugh's truth and lies: 'Harriet the Spy' author's revelatory biography

Thousands of teenage aspiring writers found inspiration from the notebook-scribbling eleven-year-old girl in the best-selling 1964 novel Harriet the Spy. Some, myself included, became especially aware ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Sometimes You Have to Lie’: Louise Fitzhugh’s Rebellion

From an acorn comes the oak. From a few typewritten pages without illustration came 11-year-old Harriet M. Welsch, one of the great 20th-century heroines of children’s fiction. Harriet’s creator, ...
The New York Times

The Rich, Literary Life of the Creator of America’s Favorite Girl Spy

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of ‘Harriet the Spy’ By Leslie Brody How would the universe address you, if it thought there was something you urgently ...
LAist

Louise Fitzhugh's children's favorite 'Harriet the Spy' turns 50

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The Washington Post

Inside the mind, life and friendships that created ‘Harriet the Spy’

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy By Leslie Brody. Seal. 335 pp. $30. As a kid, I rarely read books hoping to see my particular story ...