Margaret Sidney was in fact the pen name of Harriet M. Stone.
She was born Harriet M. Stone was born June 22, 1844, in New Haven, CT.
Margaret Sidney was best known for "The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew" and the eleven follow up novels.
She died August 2, 1924.
She completed some 30 novels in her life.
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