Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge

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Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge
Born 1908
Franklin, Pennsylvania
Died January 15, 1981
Columbus, North Carolina
Pen name Hildegarde Dolson
Occupation Poet, novelist
Nationality American
Genres Mystery
Notable work(s) We Shook the Family Tree

Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (19081981) 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]

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