Margaret Alison Johansen
Margaret Lee Alison Johansen was an American writer from Alabama. She received the Newbery Honor.
Johansen was born Margaret Lee Alison on September 7, 1896, in Richmond, Alabama, to Annie Goode Hearst and John Dill Alison. She had at least one sibling, Alice Alison Lide, with whom she sometimes wrote. She studied at Converse College from 1912 to 1914, the University of Alabama in 1918, and Columbia University in 1922. She was a member of the Delta Delta Delta and Theta Sigma Phi sororities. She married Carl Christian Johansen, adding his surname to hers.
Writing career
Johansen wrote many books, mostly or all for children, between 1924 and 1950. She often collaborated with her sister Alice Alison Lide to write books, and also wrote under the pseudonym "Hugh McAlister," likely also with Lide, to write books aimed at boys. Her first known published work was History of St. Paul's Parish, written with Lide and published in 1924. She continued to publish books throughout her life, the most notable probably being Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer, a 1930 book which won a 1931 Newbery Honor.
Death
Johansen died on December 28, 1959, in Selma, Alabama.
Published as Margaret Alison Johansen
Solo work
Hawk of Hawk Clan: 1941Voyagers West: 1959From Sea to Shining Sea: How Americans Have Lived: 1960
History of St. Paul's Parish: 1924Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer: 1930Pearls of Fortune: 1931Dark Possession: 1934Secret of the Circle: 1937Thord Firetooth: 1937Mystery of the Mahteb: A Tale of Thirteenth-Century Ethiopia: 1942The Wooden Locket: 1953Lapland Drum: 1955Magic Words for Elin: 1955Elin of Finland: 1960
Conqueror of the High Road: 1930Flaming River: 1930Flight of the Silver Ship: 1930Stand By: 1930Steve Holworth of the Oldham Works: 1930Viking of the Sky: 1930Sea Gold: 1931That Boy at Roaring Brook Farm: 1931