Margret Rey

Margret Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein, 16 May 1906 – 21 December 1996) was a German-born American writer, best known for co-creating the Curious George children's book series with her husband, illustrator H. A. Rey.

Born in Hamburg, she studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau, the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, and the University of Munich before meeting Rey in Rio de Janeiro. The couple married in 1935 and settled in Paris, fleeing by bicycle in June 1940 as German forces advanced, carrying the manuscript for what became Curious George.

They emigrated to the United States later that year and became naturalized U.S. citizens in 1946. Rey wrote the Curious George stories while her husband illustrated them; after his death in 1977 she continued to oversee the series and taught creative writing at Brandeis University. She founded the Curious George Foundation in 1991 to support children's welfare and animal protection.