Mary Margaret Truman (born February 17, 1924) is the daughter of former president Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess. She was a singer and a novelist.

In the 1940s, Margaret decided she wanted to be a singer. When she debuted on the radio in March 1947, a music reviewer criticized her voice. This led to an infamous incident in which Harry Truman threatened to punch the reviewer in the nose. Despite the bad press, she received many jobs on radio and television variety shows well into the 1950s.

She was married to reporter Clifton Daniel , who would later become an editor at the New York Times, from 1956 until his death in 2000. They had four children.

Starting in 1980, Margaret wrote mystery novels, revolving around murders in the nation's capital. Many of her novels have become bestsellers.

Bibliography

• Murder in the White House - 1980
• Murder on Capitol Hill - 1981
• Murder in the Supreme Court - 1982
• Murder in the Smithsonian - 1983
• Murder on Embassy Row - 1984
• Murder at the FBI - 1985
• Murder in Georgetown - 1986
• Murder in the CIA - 1987
• Murder at the Kennedy Center - 1989
• Murder at the National Cathedral - 1990
• Murder at the Pentagon - 1992
• Murder on the Potomac - 1994
• Murder at the National Gallery - 1996
• Murder in the House - 1997
• Murder at the Watergate - 1998
• Murder in the Library of Congress - 1999
• Murder at Foggy Bottom - 2000