author
E. J. Rath
Best known as the pen name behind lively early-20th-century fiction, this writer mixed humor, adventure, and sharp social observation. Several stories were popular enough to make the jump to stage and screen.
2 Audiobooks
Good References
by E. J. Rath
Sam
by E. J. Rath
About the author
E. J. Rath was the pseudonym of Edith Rathbone Jacobs Brainerd (1885–1922), an American writer from Mount Vernon, New York. Sources also note that her husband, Chauncey Corey Brainerd, a Washington correspondent for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, assisted with many of her writing projects, so the name is often tied to their collaboration.
Writing under E. J. Rath, Brainerd published novels and stories including The Sixth Speed, Sam, and Good References. Her work moved easily between comedy, romance, and adventure, and several of her stories were later adapted for plays and films.
That mix of brisk storytelling and entertainment helped keep her name in circulation long after her lifetime, with a number of her books preserved through library and public-domain collections.