1903
Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)
Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)
Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (died 1993)
Margaret Landon
American writer known for 'Anna and the King of Siam' (1903–1993)
- Born
- 1903
Margaret Landon was an American writer known for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty languages. In 1950, Landon sold the musical play rights to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who created the musical The King and I from her book. A later work, Never Dies the Dream, appeared in 1949.