author
Margery Closey Quigley
b. 1886
Best known as half of the writing team behind the children’s classic The Poppy Seed Cakes, she was also a librarian whose work reflected a deep love of books and reading. Her career linked children’s literature, library work, and practical reference writing.
1 Audiobook
Index to Kindergarten Songs Including Singing Games and Folk Songs
by Margery Closey Quigley
About the author
Margery Closey Quigley was an American librarian and writer born in 1886. Reliable publisher and catalog sources identify her as one of the two librarians who wrote under the shared pseudonym Margery Clark, alongside Mary E. Clark.
That partnership is best remembered for The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924), a well-known children’s book. Quigley is also credited with other work under her own name, including Portrait of a Library (1936), and bibliographic reference titles such as Index to Kindergarten Songs Including Singing Games and Folk Songs.
She appears to have spent much of her professional life close to libraries, children’s reading, and educational materials, which gives her writing a practical, book-loving spirit. Available sources indicate she died in 1968.