Lilian Garis
| Lilian Garis | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 20 October 1873 |
| Died |
19 April 1954 (aged 81) Newark, New Jersey |
| Occupation | novelist, juvenile fiction writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genres | juvenile fiction |
Lilian C. Garis , born Lilian C. McNamara (20 October 1873 – 19 April 1954) was an American author who wrote hundreds of books of juvenile fiction between around 1915 and the early 1940s. Prior to this, she was a reporter for the Newark Evening News in New Jersey.
Biography
For the Stratemeyer Syndicate she wrote under the pseudonym Margaret Penrose and Laura Lee Hope, with her works including some of the earliest books in the Bobbsey Twins series[1] as well as the Dorothy Dale series. But Mrs. Garis also wrote some books under her own name. Her husband, Howard Roger Garis was also a Syndicate writer and DJ on WNJR. Her children Roger and Cleo also wrote juvenile fiction.
Bibliography of titles written under Garis' name
Let's Make Believe series
First published by R. F. Fenno; also by Donohue
- Let's Make Believe We're Keeping House
- Let's Play Circus
- Let's Make Believe We're Soldiers
The Girl Scouts series
- Pioneers
- At Bellaire
- At Sea Crest
- At Camp Comalong
- At Rocky Ledge
Nancy Brandon set
Originally printed by Milton Bradley. Then by Grosset & Dunlap and Whitman
- Nancy Brandon Enthusiast (Milton Bradley's original title; renamed Nancy Brandon by Grosset & Dunlap)
- Nancy Brandon's Mystery
Barbara Hale set
- Barbara Hale (renamed Barbara Hale: A Doctor's Daughter)
- Barbara Hale's Mystery Friend (renamed Barbara Hale: and Cozette)
the Ted set
- A Girl Named Ted
- Ted and Tony
the Cleo set
- Cleo's Conquest
- Cleo's Misty Rainbow
the Connie Loring set
- Connie Loring's Dilemma (renamed later)
- Connie Loring's Ambition (renamed later)
Judy Jordon set
- Judy Jordon
- Judy Jordon's discovery
the Sally set
- Sally for Short
- Sally Found Out
The Gloria set
- Gloria at Boarding School
- Gloria: A Girl and Her Dad
The Joan set
- Joan: Just a Girl
- Joan's Garden of Adventure
Melody Lane series
Two versions were printed of the first 6 books, one with cover art by Ruth King and one by Pelagie Doane (best known for her work on the Judy Bolton series)
- The Ghost of Melody Lane
- The Forbidden Trail
- The Tower Secret
- The Wild Warning
- Terror at Moaning Cliff
- The Dragon Of The Hills
- Stinyman's Alley
- Secret of the Kashmir Shawl
- The Hermit of Proud Hill
References
- ↑ Grimes, William. "Down the Halls of a Wonder House, the Mirrors Cracked", The New York Times, July 18, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007. "They made a mighty team: Howard and Lilian Garis, who met as journalists in the early years of the century, turned out hundreds of Tom Swift and Bobbsey Twins titles for the Stratemeyer syndicate before Howard struck it rich with Uncle Wiggily."
External links
- Information on Girls Series
- List of Lilian Garis books
- Stratemeyer's Other Garis Ghost: Lilian C. Garis Etexts
- Works by or about Lilian Garis in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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