Hahn, Emily

Emily Hahn (1905 1997) was the author of fifty-two books, as well as 181 articles and short stories for the" New Yorker" from 1929 to 1996. She was a staff writer for the magazine for forty-seven years. She wrote novels, short stories, personal essays, reportage, poetry, history and biography, natural history and zoology, cookbooks, humor, travel, children s books, and four autobiographical narratives: "China to Me" (1944), a literary exploration of her trip to China;" Hong Kong Holiday" (1946); "England to Me" (1949); and "Kissing Cousins" (1958). The fifth of six children, Hahn was born in S...