Georgess McHargue

Georgess McHargue (June 7, 1941 – July 18, 2011) was an American author and poet.

She was born in New York City. After working at Golden Press, she became an editor at Doubleday. She had a long career working as an author, she published 35 books including many childrens fiction books and nonfiction works on archaeology, history, mythology and paranormal. She was nominated a National Book Award for her book The Beasts of Never (1988) and she wrote many reviews for The New York Times Book Review.

Mchargue moved to Groton, Massachusetts. She edited reports in archaeology and history for Michael's Institute for Conservation Archaeology at Harvard's Peabody Museum and for their historic preservation company Timelines Inc.

Her book Facts, Frauds, and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement (1972) was a skeptical study of spiritualism. The book exposed fraudelent mediums and was described in a review as as a "well researched and intriguing case study in human gullibility."

Publications

Fiction

• The Horseman's Word (1988)
• See You Later, Crocodile (1988)
• The Turquoise Toad Mystery (1983)
• The Talking Table Mystery (1982)
• Stoneflight (1982)
• Funny Bananas: The Mystery in the Museum (1976)
• Private Zoo (1975)

Non Fiction

• The Beasts of Never (1988)
• A Field Guide to Conservation Archaeology in North America (1977)
• Mummies (1972)
• Facts, frauds, and Phantasms: A Survey of the Spiritualist Movement (1972)
• The Impossible People: A History Natural and Unnatural of Beings Terrible and Wonderful (1972)