author
Lorna Moon
1886–1930
A bold Scottish writer who crossed from rural Aberdeenshire into the early days of Hollywood, Lorna Moon brought sharp wit and vivid local insight to both fiction and film. Her bestselling novel Dark Star and her work with stars such as Greta Garbo helped secure her place as a striking, unconventional voice of the 1920s.
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Doorways in Drumorty
by Lorna Moon
About the author
Born Helen Nora Wilson Low in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Lorna Moon began her working life as a journalist after emigrating to Canada. She later adopted the name Lorna Moon and moved to Hollywood, where she trained under Cecil B. DeMille and became a successful screenwriter for Paramount and MGM, working on films associated with performers including Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, and Greta Garbo.
Moon also wrote about the people and tensions of rural Scottish life. Her short-story collection Doorways in Drumorty drew heavily on memories of Strichen, while her novel Dark Star was published in 1929 and became a bestseller. Her career was cut short by tuberculosis, and she died in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 1, 1930, aged 43.