Created by Frederick C. Davis From the blurb: "Sweet, grandmotherly advice columnist for The New York Recorder LORA LORNE is actually burly, rough-edged, hard-drinking, broken-nosed, cigar-chomping hotshot newsie BILL BRENT who weighs in at 200 pounds and stands at six feet plus, in his size 11 brogues." He appeared in over a dozen short stories … Continue reading Bill Brent (Lora Lorne)
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Marion Marlowe
Created by Grace Shirley House pseudonym, used by Lurana Sheldon (first 30 novellas) and others “Why, I am beginning to think that I am a born detective.” Although occasionally cited as an early girl detective, a predecessor of Nancy Drew, or even an early female private eye, MARION MARLOWE was just an annoyingly perfect young … Continue reading Marion Marlowe
Writers Say the Darnedest Things
"They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talk about writing or themselves." -- Lillian Hellman "All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, … Continue reading Writers Say the Darnedest Things