author
Julie M. Lippmann
1864–1952
A versatile American writer whose work ranged from novels and plays to criticism and wartime political writing. She moved easily through literary and theatrical circles, and one of her stories even made its way to the screen.
5 Audiobooks
Dreamland
by Julie M. Lippmann
Martha By-the-Day
by Julie M. Lippmann
The Governess
by Julie M. Lippmann
Making Over Martha
by Julie M. Lippmann
Sweet P's
by Julie M. Lippmann
About the author
Born in Brooklyn in 1864, Julie M. Lippmann was an American writer, literary critic, political writer, and supporter of women's suffrage. She wrote across several forms, including novels, plays, poetry, and criticism, building a career that crossed both literary and public life.
She is especially associated with Martha By-The-Day, a novel that was adapted for the stage, and with Burkeses Amy, which later became the basis for the 1919 film The Hoodlum. Records from the New York Public Library also describe her as a political activist who knew a number of major cultural figures of her era, including Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain.
During World War I, Lippmann also wrote U.S. propaganda, showing how widely her interests extended beyond fiction. She died in 1952, leaving behind a body of work that reflects the energy of American literary and civic culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.