author
Mildred Cram
1889–1985
A popular American writer of stories, novels, and screen work, she moved easily between magazines, books, and Hollywood. Her fiction reached a wide audience, and several of her works were adapted for film.
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The tide
by Mildred Cram
About the author
Born in Washington, D.C., in 1889, Mildred Cram became known as an American writer whose career stretched across short fiction, novels, and screenwriting. One of her early successes, the short story Stranger Things, was selected for the O. Henry Award story collection for 1921.
Her writing also found a strong second life on screen. A number of her stories and novels were adapted into films, and she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Story for Love Affair (1939), shared with Leo McCarey.
Cram died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1985. She is remembered as a versatile storyteller whose work connected literary publishing and classic Hollywood at a time when many writers were helping shape both worlds.