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Temple Bailey
1869–1953
A hugely popular American novelist of the early 20th century, she built a wide readership with romantic fiction and short stories that first appeared in major magazines. Her books capture the mood, manners, and hopeful heart of popular reading in her era.
9 Audiobooks
The Dim Lantern
by Temple Bailey
The Tin Soldier
by Temple Bailey
The Trumpeter Swan
by Temple Bailey
The Gay Cockade
by Temple Bailey
Judy
by Temple Bailey
Glory of Youth
by Temple Bailey
The Trumpeter Swan
by Temple Bailey
Contrary Mary
by Temple Bailey
Mistress Anne
by Temple Bailey
About the author
Born Irene Temple Bailey in Petersburg, Virginia, on February 24, 1869, she later lived in Washington, D.C., and attended school in Richmond. Writing as Temple Bailey, she became known as a novelist and short story writer whose work reached a large national audience.
Beginning in the early 1900s, her fiction appeared in widely read magazines including The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, and McCall's. She went on to publish many novels, and her popularity made her one of the best-known romance writers of her day.
Bailey died in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 1953. While her fame belonged especially to an earlier generation of readers, her work still offers a clear window into the sentimental and magazine-driven storytelling that shaped American popular fiction in the first half of the 20th century.