Lilian Garis

Infobox Writer
name = Lilian Garis


imagesize =
caption =
pseudonym =
birthdate = 1873
birthplace =
deathdate = 14 April 1954
deathplace = Newark, New Jersey
occupation = novelist, juvenile fiction writer
nationality = American
period =
genre = juvenile fiction
subject =
movement =
influences =
influenced =


website =

Lilian C. Garis , born Lilian C. McNamara (1873-14 April 1954) was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between around 1915 and the early 1940's. Prior to this, she was a reporter for the "Newark Evening News" in New Jersey.

Biography

For the Stratemeyer Syndicate she wrote under the pseudonym Margaret Penrose and Laura Lee Hope, with her works including some of the earliest books in the "Bobbsey Twins" series. [Grimes, William. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/books/18grim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Down the Halls of a Wonder House, the Mirrors Cracked"] , "The New York Times", July 18, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007. "They made a mighty team: Howard and Lilian Garis, who met as journalists in the early years of the century, turned out hundreds of Tom Swift and Bobbsey Twins titles for the Stratemeyer syndicate before Howard struck it rich with Uncle Wiggily."] But Mrs. Garis also wrote some books under her own name. Her husband, Howard Roger Garis was also a Syndicate writer and DJ on WNJR. Her children Roger and Cleo also wrote juvenile fiction.

References

External links

* [http://users.tellurian.com/bksleuth/info.htm Information on Girls Series]
* [http://www.seriesbooks.com/mrsgaris.htm List of Lilian Garis books]
* [http://www.elliemik.com/lcgarisetexts.html Stratemeyer's Other Garis Ghost: Lilian C. Garis Etexts]
*worldcat id|lccn-no99-1980