author

Marie Conway Oemler

1879–1932

A Southern novelist with a gift for lively storytelling, this Georgia-born writer published popular fiction that reached both magazine readers and movie audiences. Her books often mix warmth, humor, and drama, with memorable titles like Slippy McGee and A Woman Named Smith.

4 Audiobooks

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man

Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man

by Marie Conway Oemler

A Woman Named Smith

A Woman Named Smith

by Marie Conway Oemler

The Purple Heights

The Purple Heights

by Marie Conway Oemler

Where the young child was : and also The spirit of the house, The youngest officer, Linden goes home, The little brown house, That makes the world go round

Where the young child was : and also The spirit of the house, The youngest officer, Linden goes home, The little brown house, That makes the world go round

by Marie Conway Oemler

About the author

Born in Savannah, Georgia, on May 29, 1879, Marie Conway Oemler was an American author whose fiction found a wide audience in the early twentieth century. Reliable reference sources identify her as a contributor to magazines including The Century Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Home Companion, and Ladies' Home Journal.

She is best known for novels such as Slippy McGee, A Woman Named Smith, The Purple Heights, and Two Shall Be Born. Several of her stories were adapted for film, which helped extend her reach beyond the page and shows how readable and popular her work was in her own time.

Oemler died in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1932. Although she is not as widely remembered today as some of her contemporaries, her work remains of interest to readers drawn to classic popular fiction and Southern settings.