Besides being a writer and poet , she was also an amateur painter .
Greene gave much credit for his love of reading , writing , and storytelling to his maternal grandmother , Maude E. Cole ( 1879 -- 1961 ) .
Besides being a writer and poet , Maude E. Cole was also an amateur Maude E. Cole .
Greene gave much credit for his love of reading , writing , and storytelling to his maternal grandmother , Maude E. Cole ( 1879 -- 1961 ) .