Marjorie Muir Worthington

Marjorie Muir Worthington (1900- February 17, 1976) was an American authoress of novels and short stories.^[1]

She was born in 1900 in New York City. She was inspired by the arts as a child, yet she studied at New York University School of Journalism. It appears that while in New York she met and married her first husband Carlton Beecher Stetson. Her second husband was Lyman Worthington, whom she divorced in 1932.

In 1926, Worthington traveled to Paris where she joined ranks with other expatriate American artists and writers who were living there. Here she met the author William Seabrook. They often socialized with Ford Maddox Ford, Sinclair Lewis, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Aldous Huxley, Thomas Mann, and Walter Duranty while in France.

In 1932, Seabrook and Worthington went to Africa to gather background material a book he was writing. They returned to France after the trip and married in 1935 but ended up divorcing in 1941. Seabrook committed suicide in 1945.

While traveling the world, Worthington continued her writing. She had eleven of her novels published as well as many of her short stories. These stories appeared in magazines such as Vogue, McCall's, Vanity Fair, Harper's, and Cosmopolitan. During 1950s and 1960s, she began writing biographies, three of which were published. Her last major work was her book about Seabrook which was published in 1966.

She died February 17, 1976 of cancer.

Writings

Articles:

• The Red Gingham Fairy (by Erick Berry and Marjorie Worthington, McCall's, Oct. 1927

Short stories:

• At the Spa (Harper's Magazine, July 1939)
• The Green-Eyed Cat (Harper's Magazine, Feb. 1942)^[2]
• The Black Market (Collier's, Oct. 1942)
• A Lady Comes Home (Cosmopolitan, Mar. 1943)
• One Night in the Rain (Cosmopolitan, Dec. 1943)
• Perfect Daughter (McCall's, Sept. 1954)
• Forgive Us Our Debts (McCall's, Feb. 1956)

Novels:

• Spider Web (1930)
• Mrs. Taylor (1932)
• Scarlet Josephine (1933)
• Come, My Coach (1935)
• Manhattan Solo (1937)
• The House on the Park (1946)
• The Enchanted Heart (1950)

Children's books:

• Bouboukar, Child of the Sahara (1962)

Biographies:

• Miss Alcott of Concord (1958)
• The Immortal Lovers: Heloise and Abelard (1962)
• The Strange World of Willie Seabrook (1966)

References

1. ^ Guide to the Marjorie Worthington Papers 1931-1976
2. ^ Worthington, Marjorie Muir (Harper's Magazine)

External links

• Man Ray picture of Marjorie Worthington

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Date of birth	1900
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Date of death	1976
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