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Louise Jordan Miln
1864–1933
A stage performer turned prolific novelist, she wrote vivid fiction shaped by years spent traveling in Asia and Europe. Her best-known work, Mr. Wu, reached a wide audience and was later adapted for the stage and screen.
7 Audiobooks
The Green Goddess
by Louise Jordan Miln, William Archer
Mr. Wu Based on the Play "Mr. Wu" by H. M. Vernon and Harold Owen
by Louise Jordan Miln, Harold Owen, Harry M. Vernon
When We Were Strolling Players in the East
by Louise Jordan Miln
The Invisible Foe A Story Adapted from the Play by Walter Hackett
by Louise Jordan Miln, Walter Hackett
Mr. and Mrs. Sên
by Louise Jordan Miln
Quaint Korea
by Louise Jordan Miln
Ruben and Ivy Sên
by Louise Jordan Miln
About the author
Born in Macomb, Illinois, on March 5, 1864, she was an American actress, writer, and novelist. She married actor George Crichton Miln, and the couple spent years traveling abroad, including extended time in Japan, China, and Korea.
Those travels strongly influenced her books. She wrote novels and stories set in East Asia for English-language readers, often drawing on places and cultures she had encountered firsthand. Her most widely known book was Mr. Wu, published in 1913, which went on to inspire stage and film adaptations.
She died in France on September 22, 1933. Today she is remembered for combining a theatrical sense of drama with fiction shaped by international travel and cross-cultural settings.