Margaret Sutton

Her stories were published in "Picture World," a magazine for children, under the name Rachel B. Sutton.

In 1932, she published her first series book, The Vanishing Shadow, about a girl named Judy Bolton who solves mysteries.

[1] Margaret Sutton and her husband, William, were among the founding members of the South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Freeport, N.Y. Additionally, Sutton was an activist in social causes such as fair housing and participated in the historic "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" in 1963.

[1] Margaret Sutton wrote (but never published) a religious education curriculum, "Letters to Live By", which was taught in several churches.

[citation needed] The first Judy Bolton book, was published in 1932, called ''The Vanishing Shadow.''

Sutton was best known for writing the Judy Bolton mystery series, which sold more than five million copies.

Her Judy Bolton books were advertised as all being based on actual events from Sutton's life.

The last Judy Bolton book that Sutton published was ''The Secret of the Sand Castle,'' in 1967.