- Dorothy Graffe Van Doren
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Dorothy Graffe (May 2, 1896 - February 21, 1993) was an American novelist.
In 1922 she married Pulitzer Prize-winner Mark Van Doren. Their eldest son Charles Van Doren became famous after winning the rigged game show Twenty-One. She was played by actress Elizabeth Wilson in the film dramatizing the ensuing scandal, Quiz Show.
Bibliography
- Strangers, Doran, 1926.
- Flowering Quince, Doubleday, 1928.
- Brother and Brother, Doubleday,1930.
- Those First Affections, Houghton, 1938.
- Dacey Hamilton, Harper, 1942.
- The Country Wife, Sloane, 1950.
- The Professor and I, Appleton, 1959.
- Men, Women and Cats, Appleton, 1962.
Categories:- 1896 births
- 1993 deaths
- American people of Dutch descent
- American novelists
- Writers from Connecticut
- Van Doren family
- American novelist, 19th century birth stubs
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