She worked with a magnifying glass at hand."įitzhugh turned to children's lit when she couldn't make enough money as a painter.
In fact, she "always considered herself a painter first," biographer Leslie Brody told the LA Review of Books, adding that "Regarding her book illustrations, Louise was a perfectionist. Louise Fitzhugh also illustrated Harriet the Spy. She referred to Harriet as “a nasty little girl who keeps a notebook on all of her friends.” But kids apparently identified with that “nasty” child: the book has since sold more than 5 million copies. Author Louise Fitzhugh was surprised that Harriet the Spy was popular. Here are a few facts about Harriet the Spy hat we scribbled in our notebook. Welsch would no doubt make use of cell phones, internet research, and GPS tracking to complete her missions, author Louise Fitzhugh captured the not-always-nice inner thoughts and feelings of a kid on the brink of adolescence so well that her novel, first published in 1964, transcends the decades.
She may be more than 55 years old, but Harriet the Spy has aged pretty well.
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