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Margery Verner Reed
A Colorado-born writer whose published work included poetry, prose, and short stories, she built a brief but memorable literary life around a deep love of language. She also studied and later taught English at the University of Denver, where her name still endures on campus.
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Futurist Stories
by Margery Verner Reed
About the author
Born in Colorado Springs in 1894, Margery Verner Reed was the daughter of Verner Z. Reed and Mary Dean Reed. University of Denver histories say she earned her BA in English there in 1919 and then joined the faculty as an assistant professor of English, where she met her future husband, Paul Mayo.
Contemporary and archival sources connected with her books describe her as a multilingual writer who loved the English language and wrote poetry, prose, and short stories. Her known publications include Futurist Stories, Candles, and Under-Currents.
Her life was short: University of Denver sources note that she died in May 1925 at age 30, after illness connected to time spent in Peru. Although details about her career are limited, the record that remains suggests a gifted young author and teacher whose writing left a lasting impression on those who preserved it.