Harriette Simpson Arnow

Harriette Simpson Arnow
BornHarriette Louisa Simpson
(1908-07-07)July 7, 1908
Wayne County, Kentucky
DiedMarch 22, 1986(1986-03-22) (aged 77)
Washtenaw County, Michigan
Pen nameH. L. Simpson
OccupationWriter, teacher
SpouseHarold Bernard Arnow

Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow (née Simpson; July 7, 1908 – March 22, 1986) was an American novelist and historian, who lived in Kentucky and Michigan. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself loved cities and spent crucial periods of her life in Cincinnati and Detroit.