Brush, Katharine, 1902-1952

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1902-08-15

Death 1952-06-10

Nationality: Americans,

Biographical notes:

American author.

From the description of Typewritten letter signed : [n.p.], to Arthur William Brown, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539299

Katharine Brush (1902–1952), the author of short stories, novels, articles, and screenplays, was born Katharine Ingham, in Middletown, Connecticut, to Charles Samuel and Clara Louis Ingham, and raised in South Byfield, Massachusetts. Brush began writing fiction in 1923 and won recognition with the novels Young Man of Manhattan (1930) and Red-Headed Woman (1931). Other works include a short story collection, Night Club (1929), and a semi-autobiographical novel, This Is on Me (1940). She married twice, in 1920 to Thomas Stewart Brush, the owner of a chain of newspapers in Ohio, and in 1929 to Hubert Charles Winan.

Biographical information taken from New York Times (1923-Current file) ; Jun 11, 1952; ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2007), pg. 29 (accessed 9 May 2011).

From the guide to the Katharine Brush papers, 1942-1956, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)