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E. J. Rath
Behind this pen name was a husband-and-wife writing team whose lively, comic stories reached readers, theaters, and early films. Their work has the fast, playful energy of popular fiction from the 1910s and 1920s.
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About the author
E. J. Rath was the joint pen name associated with Edith Rathbone Jacobs Brainerd and Chauncey Corey Brainerd, a married couple who wrote together in the early 20th century. Edith is generally identified as the principal writer behind the name, while Chauncey — a Washington correspondent for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle — assisted with many of the projects.
Their fiction was popular enough to travel beyond the page: several E. J. Rath stories were adapted for the stage and for film. The name is especially linked with light, brisk entertainment, including comic novels and stories that fit well with the energetic style of the era.
The Brainerds died on January 28, 1922, in the Knickerbocker Theatre disaster in Washington, D.C. Even with a career cut short, E. J. Rath left behind a body of work that continued to circulate in books, libraries, and screen adaptations.