Peggy Dern

Peggy Dern, (1896-1966), was an American author, born Erolie Pearl Gaddis (later Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern), who wrote under both Peggy Dern and Peggy Gaddis[1] as well as Carolina Lee,[2] and Georgia Craig,[1] as well as Perry Lindsay, James Clayford, Gail Jordan and Joan Sherman.[3]

Life

Born in Gaddistown, Georgia, Dern was educated at Reinhardt College, and edited periodicals in Atlanta. She married John Sherman Dern, a wandering minstrel, in 1931.[3] She wrote approximately 3,000 words a day, six days a week for many years. She died in 1966 and was buried in Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Tucker, Georgia.

Partial bibliography

  • The Affairs of a Country Girl, Gail Jordan, Cameo, 1952 (Country Girl, 1954)
  • The April Heart, Peggy Dern; Arcadia, 1959
  • As Good As Married, Perry Lindsay, Phoenix, 1945
  • At Granada Court, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1959, Wright Brown (UK), 1960 (Karen, Valentine, s.d.)
  • At Ruby's Place, Joan Tucker, Cameo, 1952 (Waterfront Club, 1954), também em1956, como John Tucker, pela Venus
  • The Babe in Arms, Perry Lindsay, Phoenix, 1943
  • Back Home, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1950. Também pela Manor, Star (Austrália) e 5-Star (UK), 1972 (ou como “Reaching Out for Love”, Large Print, 1996)
  • Backwoods Girl, Peggy Gaddis; Venus, 1954
  • Bayou Nurse, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1964
  • Beauty to Burn, Peggy Gaddis, Godwin, 1937
  • Beloved Intruder, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1958
  • Betsy Moran, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1964
  • Beware of Romance, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1948
  • Coast Guard Girl, Georgia Craig, Arcadia, 1945
  • Courtesan, Joan Sherman, Godwin, 1936 (publicado como Lulie, pela Handi-Book, 1949)
  • Eileen Duggan, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1952
  • Goodbye, My Heart, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1941
  • Marriage Can Wait, James Clayford, Quarter, 1949
  • Shanty Girl, Joan Tucker, Venus, 1953
  • Satan's Gal, Carolina Lee, Handi, 1950
  • Show Boat Girl, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1940
  • The Girl Next Door, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1949
  • The Marryin'Kind, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1947
  • Young Doctor Merry, Peggy Gaddis, Arcadia, 1944
  • Young Nurse, Sylvia Erskine, Cameo, 1952
  • Wings on Her Heart, Roberta Courtland, Gramercy, 1942
  • Winter Circus, Peggy Dern, Arcadia, 1943

References

  1. 1 2 John W. Bonner, Jr. (1 March 2010). Bibliography of Georgia Authors, 1949-1965. University of Georgia Press. pp. 134–5. ISBN 978-0-8203-3526-1.
  2. ↑ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 100.
  3. 1 2 Lee Server (14 May 2014). Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing. pp. 10–11. ISN 978-1-4381-0912-1. Retrieved 5 September 2016.


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