[2] Her father was a fruit wholesaler and her mother a columnist for a local newspaper, The Spokane Register.
[2] Hawkins attended the University of California, Berkeley in 1927, but did not complete a degree.
[1][2] Sather Gate is a supplier of books for schools and libraries.
[3] She also worked for Publishers Weekly and the University of California Press.
[1] According to a memoir, Hawkins once hired author Beverly Cleary to work at Sather Gate Bookshop for the holiday rush.