Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth) Sangster

Born in Brooklyn in 1894, Margaret E. Sangster grew up in New York and began her career as a columnist and journalist. She went on to work as an editor and novelist, while also publishing poems, articles, and short fiction.

She is especially remembered for her writing for radio, and later television, where she produced scripts for popular programs. That range helped make her part of a generation of writers who bridged the worlds of magazines, books, and broadcasting.

Sangster died in October 1981 in Valatie, New York. Today, she is of particular interest to readers who enjoy early 20th-century popular writing and the history of radio storytelling.