Martha Whitmore Hickman (December 9, 1925January 17, 2015) was an American author. Hickman grew up in Massachusetts. She received her B.A. in English literature, Phi Beta Kappa, from Mount Holyoke College in 1947. She was the author of a number of inspirational and other self-help books. She was a Christian. References External links HarperCollins biography Bibliography 1 Bibliography 2 1925 births 2015 deaths Writers from Massachusetts American self-help writers Mount Holyoke College alumni People from Nashville, Tennessee People from Los Altos, California 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American women non-fiction writers 21st-century American women