Edgerton, Lucile Selk

Lucile Selk Edgerton (1896-1987) graduated from East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1915. She attended the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and was an art critic for the Milwaukee Sentinel. By 1937 she was living in Los Angeles. She was a prolific writer of short stories and novels, many of them with Western themes, during the 1930s and 1940s. She was the author of two published novels, In walked Anny (1940) and Pillars of gold (1941), a romance set in Civil War California.

From the description of Papers of Lucile Selk Edgerton, c.1905-1962 (bulk 1936-1962) (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 752183791

Biography

Lucile Selk Edgerton (1896-1987) graduated from East High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1915. She attended the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and was an art critic for the Milwaukee Sentinel. By 1937 she was living in Los Angeles. She was a prolific writer of short stories and novels, many of them with Western themes, during the 1930s and 1940s. She was the author of two published novels, In Walked Anny (1940) and Pillars of Gold (1941), a romance set in Civil War California.

From the guide to the Lucile Selk Edgerton Papers, c.1905-1962, 1936-1962, (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department)