Margaret Manning (died 1984) was an American journalist and book reviewer. She was book editor of the Boston Globe the final ten years of her life, and twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.[1][2][3]

Manning was born in Omaha, Nebraska and grew up Illinois. In 1943 she graduated with honors from Vassar College. Prior to beginning work as a reviewer at the Globe in the 1960s, she did some writing for United Press and the Chicago Tribune.[2]

She was married to Robert J. Manning.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Feeney, Mark (29 September 2012). "Robert Manning, 92, writer and innovative editor of The Atlantic". Boston Globe. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Margaret R. Manning,Book Editor in Boston". New York Times. 27 December 1984. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Margaret Manning, 63; Boston Globe reviewer". New London, Conn.: The Day. 27 Dec 1984. p. 39. Retrieved 8 January 2015.