Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge

Pseudonym:	Hildegarde Dolson
Born:	1908 Franklin, Pennsylvania
Died:	January 15, 1981 Columbus, North Carolina
Occupation:	Poet, novelist
Nationality:	American
Genres:	Mystery

Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (1908—1981) was a poet, playwright and novelist who wrote 14 books, including We Shook the Family Tree, Guess Whose Hair I'm Wearing, To Spite Her Face, and A Dying Fall.

Dolson was born and grew up in Franklin, Pennsylvania, and after college, she moved to New York City, where she wrote for magazines^{[citation needed]} and penned mystery stories. Dolson's best-known work is We Shook the Family Tree, a book about her experiences growing up, which became a successful paperback for Scholastic Press and was adapted for the stage.

Dolson acted as a literary agent for fellow detective writer Richard Lockridge, whom she married in 1965.[1] She died in St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, North Carolina, on January 15, 1981.[2]