Peggy Dern

Peggy Dern, (1896-1966), was an American author, born Erolie Pearl Gaddis (later Erolie Pearl Gaddis Dern), who wrote under both Peggy Dern and Peggy Gaddis[1] as well as Carolina Lee,[2] and Georgia Craig,[1] as well as Perry Lindsay, James Clayford, Gail Jordan and Joan Sherman.[3]

Life

Born in Gaddistown, Georgia, Dern was educated at Reinhardt College, and edited periodicals in Atlanta. She married John Sherman Dern, a wandering minstrel, in 1931.[3] She wrote approximately 3,000 words a day, six days a week for many years. She died in 1966 and was buried in Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Tucker, Georgia.

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References

  1. 1 2 John W. Bonner, Jr. (1 March 2010). Bibliography of Georgia Authors, 1949-1965. University of Georgia Press. pp. 134–5. ISBN 978-0-8203-3526-1.
  2. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 100.
  3. 1 2 Lee Server (14 May 2014). Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing. pp. 10–11. ISN 978-1-4381-0912-1. Retrieved 5 September 2016.


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