Curtis Yorke
Curtis Yorke | |
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]She published her first novel That Little Girl in 1886[1] and went on to publish almost fifty titles.[2]
Selected works
[edit]- 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
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References
[edit]- 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.
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- 1854 births
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- 19th-century pseudonymous women writers
- 19th-century pseudonymous writers
- 19th-century Scottish novelists
- 19th-century Scottish women writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous women writers
- 20th-century pseudonymous writers
- 20th-century Scottish women novelists
- Novelists from London
- People from Kensington
- Writers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea