Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (born 1903)

Margaret Landon

American writer known for 'Anna and the King of Siam' (1903–1993)

Margaret Landon was an American writer known for Anna and the King of Siam, her best-selling 1944 novel of the life of Anna Leonowens which eventually sold over a million copies and was translated into more than twenty languages. In 1950, Landon sold the musical play rights to…