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Marjorie Hillis
Marjorie Hillis (1889–1971) was an American author of popular nonfiction books for women in the 1930s. Her book "Live Alone and Like It" was one of the most popular titles of the decade.
Early life.
Born Margaret Louise Hillis in Peoria, Illinois, Marjorie Hillis was the second of three children of Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis (1858-1929), a Congregationalist minister, and Annie Louise Patrick Hillis (1862-1930), herself a published author. The family moved to Brooklyn
, New York, in 1899, when Marjorie's father became pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church there, a pulpit once held by the famous abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. After completing her education at Miss Dana's School for Young Ladies, a private school in New Jersey, and traveling abroad for a year, Marjorie went to work writing captions for "Vogue" magazine's pattern book.
Literary career.
Hillis eventually became "Vogue's" assistant editor. In 1936, she published the year's number eight nonfiction bestseller