- Gwen Bristow
Gwen Bristow (
September 16 ,1903 in Marion,South Carolina –August 17 ,1980 in New Orleans,Louisiana ) was an American author and journalist.Bristow became interested in writing while reporting junior high school functions for her local newspaper. After studying at
Columbia University , she wrote for a number of literary magazines and journals. Eventually, she moved to New Orleans, and worked at the "Times-Picayune". She became interested in longer forms of writing—novels and short stories—through her husband, screenwriterBruce Manning , and published her first novel in 1929. Bristow reached the pinnacle of her career with the western romance "Jubilee Trail", which became a bestseller in 1950, and was adapted to a moderately successful film in 1954. She continued to write novels and articles for magazines until her death in 1980.Bibliography
*"The Alien, and Other Poems" (1926)
*"The Invisible Host " (1930), with Bruce Manning, later republished as "The Ninth Guest"
*"The Gutenberg Murders" (1931), with Bruce Manning
*"The Mardi Gras Murders" (1932), with Bruce Manning
*"Two and Two Make Twenty-two" (1932), with Bruce Manning
*"Plantation Trilogy":
**"Deep Summer" (1937), ISBN 0-89966-025-8
**"The Handsome Road" (1938), ISBN 0-89966-028-2
**"This Side of Glory" (1940), ISBN 0-89966-026-6
*"Gwen Bristow" (1940), autobiography
*"Tomorrow Is Forever" (1943), ISBN 0-89966-027-4
*"Jubilee Trail" (1950), ISBN 1-55652-601-6
*"Celia Garth" (1959), ISBN 1-877853-58-5
*"Calico Palace" (1970), ISBN 0-671-82471-6
*"From Pigtails to Wedding Bells" (1978), ISBN 0-89137-811-1, non-fiction
*"Golden Dreams" (1980), ISBN 0-690-01678-6
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