Margret Rey

Margret Elizabeth Rey (May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a German-American writer and illustrator of Jewish descent.www.encyclopedia.com 

She was known best for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey created from 1939 to 1966.  She met her husband Hans Augusto Rey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil while attempting to escape Nazism.

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Category:Writers from Massachusetts