author
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
1857–1948
A bold, bestselling American novelist, essayist, and critic, she wrote vividly about California, ambition, and the social rules that boxed women in. Her work ranges from historical fiction to sharp modern novels, with Black Oxen becoming one of her biggest successes.
33 Audiobooks
The aristocrats : being the impressions of the Lady Helen Pole during her sojourn in the Great North Woods as spontaneously recorded in her letters to her friend in North Britain, the Countess of Edge and Ross
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Perch of the Devil
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Sisters-In-Law: A Novel of Our Time
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Transplanted : A novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Tower of Ivory: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Black Oxen
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Gorgeous Isle: A Romance; Scene-- Nevis, B.W.I. 1842
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Ancestors: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Senator North
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Mrs. Pendleton's Four-in-hand
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Doomswoman: An Historical Romance of Old California
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
What Dreams May Come
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
A Daughter of the Vine
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Rulers of kings: A novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Californians
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Mrs. Balfame: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Life in the War Zone
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Sleeping Fires: a Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
A Whirl Asunder
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Hermia Suydam
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Crystal Cup
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The White Morning: A Novel of the Power of the German Women in Wartime
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Living Present
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Rezanov
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Julia France and Her Times: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
His fortunate Grace
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Valiant Runaways
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The Travelling Thirds
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel
by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
About the author
Born in San Francisco on October 30, 1857, Gertrude Atherton grew up in California and drew on that setting again and again in her fiction. Reliable reference sources describe her as a prolific American writer of novels, short stories, essays, and journalism, with many books rooted in California history and society.
She built a reputation for independence both in life and on the page. Britannica notes that she was especially known for fictional biography and historical writing, while other standard references highlight her interest in politics, war, and women's lives. Her best-known later novel, Black Oxen (1923), was a bestseller and was adapted into a silent film.
Atherton died in San Francisco on June 14, 1948. Today she is remembered for her strong-willed voice, her fascination with power and personality, and the way she helped turn California's past and social world into compelling fiction.