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Viola Brothers Shore (May 26, 1890 – March 27, 1970) was an American author who worked in a variety of mediums from the 1910s through the 1930s. Married three times, she began her writing career as a poet and a writer of short stories and articles or magazines.
Viola Brothers Shore was an accomplished writer, poet, and screenwriter during the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to writing for numerous publications, she wrote silent movie titles and original stories for many films and won awards for her may mystery stories.
When Viola Brothers Shore died at the age of seventy-nine in 1970, her New York Times obituary did not mention that she was the creator of Gwynn Leith, the highly capable amateur sleuth who solves “The Mackenzie Case.” Shore dropped out of high school to pursue her dream of becoming a violinist but became an office worker, wife, and mother ...
Viola Brothers Shore was born on 26 May 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. Viola Brothers was a writer, known for Lucky Boy (1929), Sailor Be Good (1933) and The Life of the Party (1937). Viola Brothers was married to Henry Braxton and William J. Shore.
- Writer
- May 26, 1890
- Viola Brothers Shore
- March 29, 1970
Viola Brothers Shore. (1890–1970) sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. American author and mystery writer. Works edit. The heritage, and other stories (1921) The beauty-mask murder (1930) Murder on the glass floor (1932) "The Mackenzie Case" (1934) Poetry [ edit] Anthologized.
Viola Brothers Shore (May 26, 1890 – March 27, 1970) was an American author who worked in a variety of mediums from the 1910s through the 1930s. Married three times, she began her writing career as a poet and a writer of short stories and articles or magazines.
Collection contains materials relating to Shore's work as a writer, inculding personal and professional correspondence (1912-1963); manuscripts for her poetry, short stories and other writings, including the book "Murder on the Glass Floor" (ca. 1920-ca. 1959); scripts for the plays "Birthday" and "Piper Paid" and the motion picture "Life of ...
