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Susan Ertz
1894–1985
An Anglo-American novelist with a gift for warm, observant storytelling, she wrote popular fiction about family life, love, and the quiet dramas of ordinary people. Her books often blend wit, feeling, and a sharp eye for social manners.
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Madame Claire
by Susan Ertz
About the author
Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, to American parents, Susan Ertz was an Anglo-American writer who moved between England and the United States during her childhood and chose to live in England as a young adult. She became known for novels that often centered on domestic life, personal relationships, and the comforts and tensions of country society.
Her fiction was widely read in the first half of the twentieth century, and she developed a reputation for graceful, accessible storytelling with emotional insight. She also remains remembered for a line from her 1943 novel Anger in the Sky: "Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."
The dates provided with this request appear to be slightly off: the sources I found give her lifespan as February 13, 1887 to April 11, 1985, rather than 1894 to 1985. Even so, the lasting appeal of her work is easy to see in the humane tone and quiet intelligence that run through her novels.