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Salisbury Field
1878–1936
A versatile early-20th-century American writer, he moved easily between novels, plays, poetry, journalism, and art. He is especially remembered for lively popular works such as Twin Beds, which also found new life on stage and screen.
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Cupid's Understudy
by Salisbury Field
About the author
Born in Indianapolis on February 28, 1878, Edward Salisbury Field Jr. was an American author, playwright, artist, poet, and journalist. He worked across several forms instead of staying in just one lane, building a career that connected magazine writing, fiction, and the theater.
Field is best known for works including Twin Beds and Wedding Bells, both of which helped establish his reputation as a writer of sharp, entertaining popular comedy. His life also linked him to a notable literary circle: he married Isobel Osbourne, the stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson.
He died on September 20, 1936, in California. Although he is not as widely read today as some of his contemporaries, his career captures a period when authors often moved freely among books, newspapers, Broadway, and the early film world.