author
Katharine Haviland-Taylor
1888–1941
Known for warm, small-town stories and a knack for moving easily between novels, plays, and screenwriting, this early 20th-century American writer reached readers on the page and on the screen. Her fiction includes Cecilia of the Pink Roses, one of several works that later found a life in film.
3 Audiobooks
A modern trio in an old town
by Katharine Haviland-Taylor
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
by Katharine Haviland-Taylor
Natalie Page
by Katharine Haviland-Taylor
About the author
Katharine Haviland-Taylor was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter born in Mankato, Minnesota, in 1891. Reliable sources agree that she built a varied writing career and published fiction that often centered on everyday life and community, with a style remembered for its accessible, popular appeal.
Her first published novel was Cecilia of the Pink Roses in 1917, and her later books included Back Roads in 1939. She also wrote short stories for magazines, and her work crossed into film: Cecilia of the Pink Roses was adapted for the screen, and her story "Failure" became the basis for One Man's Journey and later A Man to Remember.
She died in 1941 in Florida. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confidently confirmed from the pages reviewed, so no profile image is included here.