Author. She began her writing career by selling short stories to newspapers and magazines. She went on to write ten best-selling historical and biographical novels: My Theodosia (1941), Dragonwyck (1944), The Turquoise (1946), The Hearth and Eagle (1948), Foxfire (1951), Katherine (1954), The Winthrop Woman (1958), Devil Water (1962), Avalon (1965), Green Darkness (1973). Two of these were made into Hollywood movies: Dragonwyck in 1946, starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price, and Foxfire in 1955, starring Jane Russell. She also wrote three books for the Young Adult audience: The Mistletoe and Sword (1955), Washington Irving (1960), and Smouldering Fires (1975).
Author. She began her writing career by selling short stories to newspapers and magazines. She went on to write ten best-selling historical and biographical novels: My Theodosia (1941), Dragonwyck (1944), The Turquoise (1946), The Hearth and Eagle (1948), Foxfire (1951), Katherine (1954), The Winthrop Woman (1958), Devil Water (1962), Avalon (1965), Green Darkness (1973). Two of these were made into Hollywood movies: Dragonwyck in 1946, starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price, and Foxfire in 1955, starring Jane Russell. She also wrote three books for the Young Adult audience: The Mistletoe and Sword (1955), Washington Irving (1960), and Smouldering Fires (1975).
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