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Jeanne Judson
1890–1981
An early 20th-century American reporter turned prolific novelist, she wrote dozens of popular romances and also published under more than one pen name. Her career stretched from newspaper and magazine work into fiction for both adults and younger readers.
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The Stars Incline
by Jeanne Judson
About the author
She was an American reporter and novelist who began by writing for newspapers and magazines before building a long career in fiction. Reliable sources describe her as especially active in romance, publishing more than 70 novels across the early and mid-20th century.
She also wrote under the names Emily Thorne and Frances Dean Hancock, a detail that helps explain how widely her work appeared in different genres and editions. Some sources also connect her with writing for younger readers as well as romance fiction.
Film databases credit her with work connected to the silent-era productions Social Briars (1918) and Beckoning Roads (1919), showing that her writing career touched early screen storytelling as well as books and magazines.