Elizabeth Dejeans

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Elizabeth Dejeans

1873–1928

A popular American novelist of the early 20th century, she wrote romantic fiction that reached a wide readership and even made its way to the silent screen. Her life mixed literary success, social visibility, and a memorable pen name.

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Nobody's Child

Nobody's Child

by Elizabeth Dejeans

About the author

Writing under the name Elizabeth Dejeans, Frances Elizabeth Janes Budgett was an American novelist born in Ohio in 1868 and died in 1928. She published fiction in the early 1900s, building a reputation as a writer of romantic and dramatic stories for a broad audience.

Several of her works were adapted into silent films, including The Tiger's Coat, Crashin' Thru, and The Romance of a Million Dollars. That crossover into film suggests how widely her storytelling connected with readers during her career.

Today, Dejeans is remembered both for her novels and for the glimpse they offer into popular American fiction of their era. Her books still circulate in digital libraries, giving modern readers a chance to rediscover a once well-known author.