Temple Bailey

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Irene Temple Bailey (c.1885 - July 6, 1953) was an American novelist and short story writer.

Beginning around 1902, Temple Bailey was contributing stories to national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Cavalier Magazine, Cosmopolitan, American Magazine, McClure's, Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, McCall's and others.

In 1914, Bailey wrote the screenplay for the Vitagraph Studios film "Auntie" and two of her books were filmed. She also had three of her books on the list of bestselling novels in the United States in 1918, 1922, and 1926 as determined by the New York Times.

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  • Glory of Youth (1913)
  • Contrary Mary (1914)
  • Adventures in Girlhood (1917)
  • Mistress Anne (1917)
  • The Tin Soldier (1918) - No.8 for the year 1919 in the U.S.
  • Trumpeter Swan (1920)
  • The Gay Cockade (1921)
  • The Dim Lantern (1922) - No.5 for the year 1923 in the U.S.
  • Judy (1923)
  • Peacock Feathers (1924) - made into a motion picture
  • Holly Hedge, and other Christmas stories (1925)
  • The Blue Window (1926) - No.10 for the year 1926 in the U.S.
  • Wallflowers (1927) - made into a motion picture
  • Silver Slippers (1928)
  • Star in the Well; a Christmas story (1928)
  • Burning Beauty (1929)
  • Wild Wind (1930)
  • So this Is Christmas (1931)
  • Little Girl Lost (1932)
  • Enchanted Ground (1933)
  • Radiant tree, and other stories (1934)
  • Fair as the Moon (1935)
  • I've Been To London (1937)
  • Tomorrow's Promise (1938)
  • The Blue Cloak (1941)
  • Pink Camellia (1942)
  • Red Fruit (1945)

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