Curtis Yorke
Curtis Yorke | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Rowley Long 1854 Scotland |
| Died | 1930 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse | John Wilson Richmond Lee |
Curtis Yorke, the pen name of Susan Rowley Richmond Lee (1854–1930), was a Scottish writer.
Early life and marriage
The daughter of John Jex Long, she was born Susan Rowley Long in Scotland and was educated in Glasgow. She married John Wilson Richmond Lee, a mining engineer. The couple moved to Kensington in London.
Career
She published her first novel That Little Girl in 1886[1] and went on to publish almost fifty titles.[2]
Selected works
- That Little Girl (1886)
- Hush!: A Novel (1888), three volumes, published by Richard Bentley
- Dudley. A Story of Modern Life (1888), published by Jarrold & Sons
- The Wild Ruthvens: A Home Story (1889), published by Jarrold & Sons
- The Mystery of Belgrave Square (1889), published by F. V. White
- A Romance of Modern London: A Novel (1892), three volumes, published by F. V. White
- His Heart to Win (1893), published by Jarrold & Sons
- Between the Silences and Other Stories (1894), published by Jarrold & Sons
- The Medlicotts: An Uneventful Family Chronicle (1895), published by Jarrold & Sons
- Because of the Child: A Story without a Plot (1897), published by Jarrold & Sons
- A Flirtation with Truth (1897), published by John Macqueen
- Those Children (illustrated by Hal Hurst, 1899)
- Carpathia Knox: A Novel (1900), published by Jarrold & Sons
- Only Betty (1907), published by John Long[3]
- All about Judy (1927)[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Author Information". At the Circulating Library.
- 1 2 Room, Adrian (2012). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. p. 519. ISBN 978-0786457632.
- ↑ "Review of Only Betty by Curtis Yorke". The Athenaeum (4166): 233. 31 August 1907.
Categories:
- 1854 births
- 1930 deaths
- 19th-century pseudonymous women writers
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- 19th-century Scottish novelists
- 19th-century Scottish women novelists
- 20th-century pseudonymous women writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- 20th-century Scottish women novelists
- 20th-century Scottish novelists
- Novelists from London
- People from Kensington
- Writers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea