Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe

Vingie E. Roe was an American novelist and screenwriter born on December 7, 1879, in Kansas. She grew up in Oklahoma Territory, and that frontier background shaped much of her fiction, which often returned to Western settings and adventurous, emotionally charged stories.

She wrote prolifically, publishing more than thirty novels across the first half of the 20th century. Among her best-known books are The Maid of the Whispering Hills and Tharon of Lost Valley, and several of her stories were adapted for silent films, helping extend her audience beyond readers.

Available biographical sources also note that much of her education came from reading rather than long formal schooling. She died in California on August 13, 1958, leaving behind a body of popular Western fiction that reflects both the romance and hardship of frontier life.