Margaret Landon

Raised in a devout Methodist family in Somers, Wisconsin, she completed high school in Evanston, Illinois, before earning a degree from Wheaton College in 1925; a brief teaching stint preceded her marriage to fellow Wheaton alumnus Kenneth Landon and their 1927 departure as Presbyterian missionaries to Siam, where she immersed herself in the country’s culture and history. Her literary breakthro… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources