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Edward Streeter
1891–1976
Best remembered for the warm, witty novel that became Father of the Bride, this American writer also won readers with humorous books, journalism, and the long-running Dere Mable series. His work mixed sharp observation with an easygoing sense of fun that carried from newspapers to bestselling fiction.
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Dere Mable: Love Letters of a Rookie
by Edward Streeter
"That's me all over, Mable"
by Edward Streeter
"Same old Bill, eh Mable!"
by Edward Streeter
About the author
Born on August 1, 1891, Edward Streeter was an American novelist and journalist whose writing career stretched across newspapers, magazines, and books. He is most closely associated with Father of the Bride (1949), the comic novel about family chaos around a wedding, which became one of his best-known works.
Streeter had first found a wide audience much earlier with the Dere Mable books, a humorous series that grew out of comic letters written in a deliberately awkward style. That gift for light, character-driven comedy stayed central to his work, and he continued publishing fiction and nonfiction over many years.
He died on March 31, 1976. Remembered for approachable, gently satirical humor, Streeter wrote the kind of books that turned everyday American life into lively, affectionate comedy.