Background
Mary Hays Weik was born on December 18, 1898 in Greencastle, Indiana, daughter of the biographer Jesse W. Weik.
Mary Hays Weik was born on December 18, 1898 in Greencastle, Indiana, daughter of the biographer Jesse W. Weik.
She was the author of The Jazz Manitoba, which received a Newbery Honor in 1967. Her daughter was the author and illustrator Ann Grifalconi. Weik died on December 25, 1979 in Manhattan, New New York
Her papers are held at the University of Michigan.
(Book by Weik, Mary H.)