Published January 07. 2021 11:49AM | Updated January 07. 2021 11:50AM
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“Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy,” by Leslie Brody (Seal Press), $30.
The author s name may not be familiar, but her most famous character is: “Harriet the Spy” has been worming her way into grade-schoolers hearts since her snooping adventures debuted in 1964.
In this new biography, Leslie Brody turns the tables on Harriet s creator, Louise Fitzhugh, who never set out to be a children s author. She refused to go on book tours and maintained a Salinger-like seclusion until her death in 1974.
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