Bechtel, Louise Seaman (1894–1985)
Bechtel, Louise Seaman (1894–1985)
American editor, author and lecturer on children's literature. Born Louise Seaman, June 29, 1894, in Brooklyn, NY; died 1985; dau. of Charles Francis Seaman (railroad accountant) and Anna (Van Brunt) Seaman; attended Packer Collegiate Institute, 1909–11; Vassar College, AB, 1915; graduate study at Yale University, 1915–18; m. Edwin De Turck Bechtel, 1929 (died 1957).
Served as editor and head of Juvenile Book Department of Macmillan in NY (1919–34); worked as freelance writer and lecturer; was the editor of children's section of New York Herald Tribune Book Review (1948–56) and associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine (1939–57).
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