Pulitzer Prize Recipient. She was the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection, "Bright Ambush," which she was awarded in 1935. She started to write verse as soon as she could write. She was tutored at home until she entered St Nicholas School for Girls at the age of eleven. By the time she was fourteen, she had two dozens of her poems published in the newspapers and magazines. At the age of sixteen, her first collection of poems, "The House of Silk" was published with the sponsor of California poet, George Sterling. She graduated in the class of 1932 with honors from the University of Washington with a Bachelor in Arts Degree. She travelled throughout the United States and to Asia afterwards. In May 1933, she became the second wife of poet and novelist Joseph Auslander and moved to New York City, where he taught at Columbia University since 1929. She published three other collections of poems: "The Seven Sins" in 1935, "Splendor in the Grass" in1936 and "Testament of Love" in 1938. When her husband was appointed by United States President Franklin Roosevelt to be the first Poet Laureate Consultant of the Library of Congress, the couple relocated to Washington D. C in 1937. She held a position at the library too while her husband was consultant. During World War II, the couple was very active in selling war bonds. The couple then wrote the novels "My Uncle Jan" in 1948 and "The Islanders" and 1951. Her poems were published in the "New Yorker," "Harper's," and "Poetry" magazines. Later, the couple retired to South Florida; her papers are held at the University of Miami. She was the mother of two children and the step-mother to her widower husband's daughter. During her career, she was a member of the Academy American Poetry, being the Director; Poetry Society of American; National League American Pen Women, being national president from 1938 to1940, Delta Gamma, and Phi Beta Kappa.