Janette Sebring Lowrey

Life Lowrey was born in Orange, Texas. She wrote dozens of books for children and young adults from the 1930s to the 1970s. The Poky Little Puppy remains her best known, selling over 15 million copies worldwide. Another well-known work of hers was Margaret, a historical fiction young adult novel, which was published in 1950. It was adapted into Walt Disney Presents: Annette, a TV serial that aired on The Mickey Mouse Club in 1958.

Despite her success as an author, Lowrey largely remained out of the public limelight.

Works Rings on Her Fingers (Harper & Bros., 1941) Random House Digital, Inc., 2011, In the Morning of the World: Some of the Greek Myths (Harper, 1944) Margaret (Harper & Row, 1950)