Edith Thacher Hurd

Edith Thacher Hurd
BornEdith Thacher
(1910-09-14)September 14, 1910
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJanuary 25, 1997(1997-01-25) (aged 86)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationRadcliffe College
Bank Street College of Education
Years active1938–1983
Spouse
(m. 1939; died 1988)
ChildrenJohn Thacher Hurd

Edith Thacher Hurd (September 14, 1910 – January 25, 1997) was an American writer of children's books. She published 70 books in her lifetime, fifty of them illustrated by her husband, Clement Hurd.