Miriam Hodgson

Miriam Ann Hodgson (née Rosenthal, 10 December 1938 – 14 November 2005) was a British editor of children's books.

[2] She was educated at the Perse School for Girls, Cambridge, followed by St Anne's College, Oxford, where she earned a degree in modern history in 1960.

[2] Hodgson edited the work of "many of the best children's writers of her time", including Jamila Gavin, Michelle Magorian, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Caroline Pitcher, Carlo Gebler, Theresa Breslin, Bel Mooney, and Jenny Nimmo.

[2][1] Hodgson compiled anthologies for teenagers of stories, mostly from authors she edited, including Heartache (1991), Mother's Day (1992), Mixed Feelings (1997), and Sisters (1998).

[2] On 28 November 1969, she married her publishing colleague Julian Russell Hodgson, head of the education department at Ernest Benn, son of the Rev.