author
Josephine Lawrence
d. 1978
A prolific American novelist and journalist, this writer moved easily between children's stories and adult fiction, with a warm eye for everyday family life. Her work reached huge audiences in newspapers, on radio, and in novels that captured ordinary people at moments of change.
4 Audiobooks
Brother and Sister
by Josephine Lawrence
Rosemary
by Josephine Lawrence
Rainbow Hill
by Josephine Lawrence
Elizabeth Ann's Houseboat
by Josephine Lawrence
About the author
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Josephine Lawrence was an American storyteller, novelist, and journalist whose career stretched across children's books, newspaper work, radio, and adult fiction. Early on she worked for the Newark Sunday Call, editing children's and women's pages, and she became known for writing lively stories aimed at broad family audiences.
She published a large body of work, including many children's books as well as dozens of novels for adults. Her fiction often focused on middle-class American life, especially families, children, and older people. One of her best-known novels, Years Are So Long, was adapted into the 1937 film Make Way for Tomorrow.
Lawrence died in 1978. Although she is less widely remembered today than some of her contemporaries, her writing offers a vivid picture of everyday American life and shows how comfortably she could write for both young readers and adults.