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Sometimes you have to lie, the life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy, Leslie Brody

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Sometimes you have to lie

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Leslie Brody

the life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy

Louise Fitzhugh's books are full of resistance: to liars, to conformity, to authority, and even (radically, for a children's author) to make-believe. As a commercial children's author and lesbian, Fitzhugh often had to disguise the nature of her most intimate relationships. She lived her life as a dissenter--a friend to underdogs, outsiders, and artists--and her masterpiece remains long after her death to influence and provoke new generations of readers. Harriet is massively influential among girls and women in contemporary culture; she is the missing link between Jo March and Scout Finch, and it's not surprising that writers have thought of her as a kind of patron saint for misfit writers and unfeminine girls. This biography brings Harriet's creator into the frame, shedding new light on the author and her work

Introduction: A nasty girl and horrid example -- Part one. Prologue ; Classified ; Clear and present danger ; Interrogation ; Intelligence ; Best assets ; Master of disguise ; Private investigator -- Part two. Clues ; Rout ; Snoop ; Detect ; Agency ; Agent Harrie ; Divided loyalties -- Part three. Luck, speculation, windfalls ; Tradecraft ; Survey the locality ; Witness -- Afterword

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Life and times of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the spy