author
Marie Conway Oemler
1879–1932
A Georgia novelist with a gift for lively storytelling, she found a wide audience with popular fiction in the early 20th century. Her work appeared in major magazines as well as in novels that later reached readers through film and library collections.
4 Audiobooks
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
by Marie Conway Oemler
A Woman Named Smith
by Marie Conway Oemler
The Purple Heights
by Marie Conway Oemler
Where the young child was : and other Christmas stories
by Marie Conway Oemler
About the author
Born in Savannah, Georgia, on May 29, 1879, Marie Conway Oemler was an American writer whose fiction was closely tied to Southern settings and popular magazine culture of her era. Reliable sources consulted here describe her as a contributor to publications including The Century Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Home Companion, and Ladies' Home Journal.
She is especially remembered for novels such as Slippy McGee and A Woman Named Smith. Her books were widely read enough to attract later screen adaptations, and at least some of her work has been preserved in major public collections, including the Library of Congress.
Oemler died in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1932. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources reviewed here, so no profile image is included.