Nan Agle

Nan Hayden Agle (born Anna Bradford Hayden; April 13, 1905 – February 14, 2006) was an American children's book writer.

Biography She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles Swett Hayden and Emily Spencer Hayden. She was a granddaughter of the chief editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun, Edward Spencer. She attended Goucher College. She married Harold H. Cecil in 1925, with whom she had two sons but the union ended in divorce. She married, secondly, to John Agle in 1947. Once her two sons were in school, she returned to Maryland Institute College of Art and earned a fine arts degree, studying with artist Herman Maril.

Nan was an art teacher at Friends School of Baltimore and at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She and Ellen Wilson co-authored a series of children's books known as the Three Boys series, about the adventures of the fictional triplet boys: Abercrombie, Benjamin and Christopher. The first book of the series, Three Boys and a Lighthouse was completed in 1951. Its success led to more stories about adventures of the triplets, with an adventure to the seaside at the end of the series.

Nan Hayden Agle died at the age of 100 at her home in Sykesville, Maryland, following a fall.