Miriam Hodgson
Miriam Ann Hodgson (née Rosenthal, 10 December 1938 – 14 November 2005) was a British editor of children's books. In their obituary, The Guardian called her "one of the most successful children's books editors of the last 20 years, and one of the best loved". Early life She was born on 10 December 1938 at Denison House, Denison Road, Rusholme, Manchester, the only daughter of Erwin Isak Jacob Rosenthal (1904–1991), a Hebrew scholar and orientalist, and his wife, Elisabeth Charlotte Rosenthal, née Marx (1907–1996). Her brother was the publisher Tom Rosenthal. 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. Career She started her career at the publishers Ernest Benn (which later became Associated Book Publishers), as an editor of adult books, and it was where she met her husband, Julian Russell Hodgson, then head of the education department. After the birth of her only child, she returned to work part-time as a children's books editor, and in 1986 became editorial director of publishing at Methuen Children's Books. Hodgson edited the work of "many of the best children's writers of her time", including