Dorothy Quick

Born in Brooklyn in 1896, Dorothy Quick was an American writer and poet whose work ranged widely across poems, novels, short stories, and plays. She published in magazines and became especially remembered in genre circles for fantasy and horror fiction, including stories that appeared in Weird Tales.

One of the most memorable stories about her life began in childhood, when she met Mark Twain on an ocean voyage in 1907. Their friendship encouraged her early interest in writing, and she later spoke and wrote about Twain from personal experience. That association helped keep her name alive, but it sits alongside a substantial body of work that shows her own versatility and ambition.

Quick continued publishing for decades and also issued several poetry collections. She died in 1962, and her reputation has steadily endured among readers interested in early twentieth-century women writers, especially those exploring the history of speculative fiction and poetry.