Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth) Sangster

Born in Brooklyn in 1894, Margaret E. Sangster Jr. came from a literary family and went on to become a versatile professional writer. Records describe her as a columnist and journalist who also worked as an editor, novelist, poet, and short-story writer.

As radio grew into a major entertainment medium, she became especially known for serial writing. Sources connect her with programs including Hope Alden's Romance, Arnold Grimm's Daughter, and Ellen Randolph, showing how successfully she adapted her storytelling to the fast-moving world of broadcast drama.

She also published books such as Cross Roads and Your Book and Mine, and her writing for younger readers helped keep her name in print well beyond magazines and radio. She died in Valatie, New York, in October 1981.