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Amy Gary

Biography

Amy Gary

In 1990, Amy Gary discovered hundreds of unpublished works by Margaret Wise Brown in Margaret's sister's attic. Since then, Gary has catalogued, edited and researched all of Brown's writings. She has been covered in Vanity Fair, in Entertainment Weekly and on NPR, among other media outlets. She was formerly the director of publishing at Lucasfilm and headed the publishing department at Pixar studios.

Amy Gary

Books by Amy Gary

by Amy Gary - Biography, Nonfiction

The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children’s classics GOODNIGHT MOON and THE RUNAWAY BUNNY comes alive in Amy Gary’s biography of Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret’s books have sold millions of copies all over the world, but few people know that she was at the center of a children’s book publishing revolution. Her whimsy and imagination fueled a steady stream of stories, book ideas, songs and poems, and she was renowned for her prolific writing and business savvy, as well as her stunning beauty and endless thirst for adventure.