Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe

Born in Kansas in 1879, she became an American novelist and screenwriter whose work was closely tied to the mythic West. Reliable library and reference sources describe a childhood spent partly in Oklahoma Territory, an experience that helped shape the frontier settings and adventurous spirit of her fiction.

She published popular novels including The Maid of the Whispering Hills and Tharon of Lost Valley, and archives at Oklahoma State University note that she wrote with a romanticized Wild West theme across a long career. Several of her stories also reached the screen during the silent-film era, adding to her reputation as a storyteller whose work moved easily between print and early cinema.

She later settled on the West Coast and died in Sonoma County, California, in 1958. Her books remain of interest to readers who enjoy classic western fiction, especially stories with atmosphere, romance, and determined heroines.