Ora Mae Lewis Martin

Ora Mae Lewis Martin (March 29, 1918 – September 28, 2005) was an American journalist and writer.

Biography Martin née Lewis was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 29, 1918. Her writing career started at the age of nine when a short story she wrote, The First Christmas, was published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Martin attended Xavier University of Louisiana from 1936 through 1947, earning her undergraduate degree. She went on to earn a master's degree in 1961 from Loyola University in New Orleans.

In 1944 Martin founded a weekly magazine named "Twinkle". She edited the magazine with her fiance, Lawrence Martin, who was the managing editor. The magazine included current events and its audience was mainly New Orleanians, specifically those stationed in the Pacific during World War II. The magazine was in publication through 1949.

She married Lawrence Martin in 1946 and the couple would have seven children.

Martin died on September 28, 2005, in New Orleans.