Talk:Zane Grey

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[edit] Posthumous works?

Looking at the list of novels, can someone explain how Zane Grey was able to write so many novels after he died in 1939?! MakeRocketGoNow 19:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

"He was the author of over 90 books, some published posthumously and/or based on serials originally published in magazines." I guess that explains it. That'll teach me to RTFA. Still, that's a lot of posthumous work! MakeRocketGoNow 19:23, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

16:30, 18 December 2005 (PST) Many of his manuscripts were never published. While he was alive, only his most successful manuscripts were published as novels. After he died, those unpublished manuscripts eventually made it to print.

In Grey's Altadena home there is a large wing that he had added on referred to as his studio. The upper level is a ballroom sized studio large enough to entertain 100 people. There he had a swing-open cabinet with tin-lined pigeon holes large enough to hold manuscripts, and enough to hold 40 or 50 manuscripts. His son Romer was the last Grey to live in the houdse and I am sure he was able to control distribution of the manuscripts after his father's death. These manuscripts have all found their way to auction, to say, that not one is left in the home. The present owner who bought the house from Romer had found these manuscripts available for price tage ranging from $25,000 to $40,000 which kept her and her husband from ever acquiring one.

The home also sports a small elevator by the main staircase which helped the ailing Mrs. Grey to get from floor to floor.Magi Media 11:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)Magi Media