 Eric Hodgins

Eric Francis Hodgins (March 2, 1899 – January 7, 1971) was the American author of the popular novel "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House", illustrated by William Steig.Hodgins was born in Detroit, Michigan to the Episcopal clergyman Frederic Brinkley Hodgins and Edith Gertrude Bull on March 2, 1899.