Lilyan Stratton

Lilyan Stratton was an American writer associated with Reno in the early 20th century. She is credited as the author of Reno: A Book of Short Stories and Information (1921), a work that drew on her experience living in Reno and observing the world around its divorce industry and fast-changing local culture.

Sources found during this search also connect her with the name Lilyan Stratton Corbin. A local history account says she was born near Crisfield, Maryland, in 1882, had a difficult childhood, and later became wealthy enough to be memorialized through the Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library. Because the available material is limited and not all details could be independently confirmed here, some parts of her life remain a little hazy.

Even so, her surviving reputation is vivid: a woman who turned close observation into print and left behind a small but memorable place in regional history, especially for readers interested in old Reno, women’s lives, and overlooked authors.