- Bertha Runkle
Bertha Runkle (1879-1958) was an American
novelist andplaywright born in Berkeley Heights,New Jersey . Her father died when she was young and at the age of nine she and her mother moved toNew York City . She grew up in a literary family, her father had been a respected New Yorklawyer who had served as legal counsel for theNew York Tribune where her mother had worked as an editorial writer and who was reportedly the first American woman to be on the staff of a major metropolitan daily newspaper.An avid
golf and oftennis player, Bertha Runkle was only twenty-one years old when her book "The Helmet of Navarre " was first serialized inThe Century Magazine . The book went on to become No. 3 on thelist of bestselling novels in the United States for the entire year of 1901 as determined by theNew York Times . The year of its release, she teamed up withplaywright Lawrence Marston to adapt her story to the Broadway stage in a production byCharles Frohman .Bibliography
*"The Helmet of Navarre" (1901)
*"A House Party : an account of stories told at a gathering of famous American authors" (1901)
*"The Truth About Tolna" (1906)
*"The Scarlet Rider" (1913)
*"Straight Down The Crooked Lane" (1915)
*"The Island" (1921)External links
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